Moto 懸: State Of Suspension; Hang; DependKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ケン、ケ
- Kun'yomi
- か(ける)、か(かる)
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 129 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ケン・ケ)
- 懸念けねんworry; fear
- 懸命けんめいeager; earnest
- 一生懸命いっしょうけんめいvery hard; with utmost effort
- 懸案けんあんpending question; unresolved problem
- 懸賞けんしょうoffering a prize; prize competition
- 懸垂けんすいpull-up (exercise); chin-up
- インフレ懸念インフレけねんinflation fear; inflation worries
- 一所懸命いっしょけんめいvery hard; with utmost effort
- 低懸念ていけねんLeast Concern (conservation status); LC
- 倒懸とうけんhanging (someone) upside down
- 国際的に懸念される公衆衛生上の緊急事態こくさいてきにけねんされるこうしゅうえいせいじょうのきんきゅうじたいPublic Health Emergency of International Concern (formal WHO declaration); PHEIC
- 懸の先けんのせんseizing the initiative by attacking first
- 懸吊けんちょうsuspension; hanging
- 懸垂下降けんすいかこうrappel; abseil
- 懸垂式けんすいしきsuspended type
- 懸垂線けんすいせんcatenary
- 懸壅垂けんようすいuvula
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 命懸けいのちがけputting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on)
- 懸かるかかるto take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
- 懸け離れるかけはなれるto be very far apart from; to be remote
- 仕懸かるしかかるto start something
- 倚り懸かるよりかかるto lean against; to recline on
- 出懸かるでかかるto just appear; to be half out
- 刀懸けかたなかけsword rack
- 命を懸けるいのちをかけるto put one's life on the line; to risk one's life
- 尻目に懸けるしりめにかけるto look askance (at); to look contemptuously
- 嵩に懸かるかさにかかるto be highhanded; to be arrogant
- 引っ懸かりひっかかりhold; catch
- 引っ懸けひっかけhook; gab
- 引っ懸けるひっかけるto hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes)
- 心懸けこころがけ(mental) attitude; way of thinking
- 心懸けるこころがけるto keep in mind; to bear in mind
- 懸かりかかりstarting; engaging
- 懸けかけcredit
- 懸けるかけるto hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang
- 懸け合いかけあいnegotiations; bargaining
- 懸け合うかけあうto negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with)
- 懸け巣かけすEurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- 懸け橋かけはしsuspension bridge; viaduct
- 懸け物かけものbet; stakes
- 懸け籠かけごboxes which fit inside each other; nesting boxes
- 懸け紙かけがみwrapping paper
- 懸け詞かけことばkakekotoba; pivot word
- 懸け隔たるかけへだたるto be far apart; to be remote
- 懸け隔てるかけへだてるto put distance between; to estrange
Other readings
- アメリカ篠懸の木アメリカすずかけのきAmerican sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)
- 三懸さんがいheadstall, martingale, and crupper
- 仕懸るしかかるto start something
- 出懸るでかかるto just appear; to be half out
- 弓懸ゆがけarcher's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
- 弓懸けゆがけarcher's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
- 引っ懸りひっかかりhold; catch
- 懸かけcredit
- 懸りかかりstarting; engaging
- 懸るかかるto take (a resource, e.g. time or money)
- 懸仏かけぼとけround plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines
- 懸合かけあいnegotiations; bargaining
- 懸合いかけあいnegotiations; bargaining
- 懸合うかけあうto negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with)
- 懸子かけごboxes which fit inside each other; nesting boxes
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