懸
stake; state of suspension; hang; depend; consult; distant; far apart
20 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 889.
Readings
- ケン (on reading): 一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい) very hard; 懸命 (けんめい) eager
- ケ (on reading): 懸念 (けねん) worry; 軽度懸念 (けいどけねん) least concern (IUCN Red List category)
- かける (kun reading): 懸け橋 (かけはし) temporary (suspension) bridge; 懸仏 (かけぼとけ) round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines
- かかる (kun reading): 相懸かり稽古 (あいがかりけいこ) mutual attack training
Components
- 縣
- 心
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- 小 radical small
- 幺 radical short thread
- 心 radical heart
- 目 radical eye
- 糸 radical thread
Words using 懸
- 一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい) very hard
- 懸命 (けんめい) eager
- 懸垂 (けんすい) pull-up (exercise)
- 懸賞 (けんしょう) offering a prize
- 一所懸命 (いっしょけんめい) very hard
- 懸念 (けねん) worry
- 軽度懸念 (けいどけねん) least concern (IUCN Red List category)
- 懸想 (けそう) falling in love
- 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)
- 懸想文 (けそうぶみ) love-letter
- 懸け橋 (かけはし) temporary (suspension) bridge
- 懸仏 (かけぼとけ) round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines
- 鈴懸 (すずかけ) plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis)
- 袈裟懸け (けさがけ) wearing a kasaya
- 懸け紙 (かけがみ) wrapping paper
- 相懸かり稽古 (あいがかりけいこ) mutual attack training
- 三懸 (さんがい) headstall, martingale, and crupper
51 words in all.