挂(guà): to hang
to hang
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- guà
- Meaning
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Traditional
- 掛
Origin & structure
Where 挂 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 挂 step by step
9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 挂
Common words using 挂 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
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