掛ける

• 読み: かける
• ローマ字: kakeru
• 漢字の分解: 掛 (ka/kake) — to hang, to suspend, to apply
• 発音: /ka.ke.ɾɯ/

意味

To hang up; to suspend; to put on (glasses); to make (a phone call); to sit down (on a chair).

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb with remarkably many meanings depending on context: hanging a picture (絵を掛ける), making a call (電話を掛ける), putting on glasses (眼鏡を掛ける), sitting down (腰を掛ける), and locking a door (鍵を掛ける). Context determines the specific meaning.

例文

1. 壁に絵を掛けました。
2. 友達に電話を掛けます。
3. 眼鏡を掛けている人は誰ですか。

使い方ガイド

場面: home, phone calls, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 掛 combines 扌 (hand radical) with 卦 (divination), though the modern meaning focuses on the physical act of hanging or placing something. The character has accumulated many extended meanings over centuries of use.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal