懸 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 懸意味

state of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart

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懸 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

か.ける ka.keru
か.かる ka.karu

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ケン ken
ケ ke

Examples

汚れに強い合成皮革を使用した２人掛けのソファです。

This is a two-seater sofa using stain-resistant artificial leather.

掛けで物を買うな。

Don’t buy things on credit.

「女も肉も腐りがけが美味い」と課長はいきなり言いだした。

The section chief said out of the blue: “Women and meat, I like them a little rotten.”

パーティーの終わりがけに、まだ病院のことでぶつぶつと何かを言っていたとき、彼は氷のかけらで足を滑らせて、左足を折ってしまった。

He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.

Back to list JLPT N1 Kanji 9

街 boulevard, street, town

契 pledge, promise, vow

掲 put up (a notice), put up, hoist, display, hang out, publish, describe

躍 leap, dance, skip

棄 abandon, throw away, discard, resign, reject, sacrifice