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懸 か.ける、か.かる 一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい): very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life懸賞(けんしょう): offering prizes; winning; reward懸命(けんめい): eagerness; earnestness; risking one's life懸かる(かかる): (1) to take (2) to hang (3) to come into view; to arrive (4) to come under (a contract, a tax) (5) to start (engines, motors) (6) to attend; to deal with; to handle (7) to have started to; to be on the verge of (8) to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover (9) to (come) at (10) to be fastened (11) to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.) (12) to be caught in (13) to get a call (14) to depend on S 縣: county; district; subdivision心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61) 心 4 (none) suspend There's a suspension bridge connecting one of the prefectures to the Japanese heartland. The supporting cables of the bridge actually look like DNA double-helices. That's Japan for you!

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ケン、ケ suspend, hang, 10%, install, depend, consult 1 889 20 61 こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん 形声 Phonetic The prefecture has suspended all DNA research for heart disease because of corruption. All involved will be suspended by their wrists. 1394

Kanji	懸
Onyomi	ケン、ケ
Kunyomi	か.ける、か.かる
English	suspend, hang, 10%, install, depend, consult
Examples	一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい): very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life 懸賞(けんしょう): offering prizes; winning; reward 懸命(けんめい): eagerness; earnestness; risking one's life 懸かる(かかる): (1) to take (2) to hang (3) to come into view; to arrive (4) to come under (a contract, a tax) (5) to start (engines, motors) (6) to attend; to deal with; to handle (7) to have started to; to be on the verge of (8) to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover (9) to (come) at (10) to be fastened (11) to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.) (12) to be caught in (13) to get a call (14) to depend on
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	889
Components	縣: county; district; subdivision 心: heart; mind; spirit; heart radical (no. 61)
Number of Strokes	20
Kanji Radical	心
Radical Number	61
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	こころ・したごころ・りっしんべん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	suspend
Koohii Story 1	The prefecture has suspended all DNA research for heart disease because of corruption. All involved will be suspended by their wrists.
Koohii Story 2	There's a suspension bridge connecting one of the prefectures to the Japanese heartland. The supporting cables of the bridge actually look like DNA double-helices. That's Japan for you!
RTK Index	1394

One's Life E.G Heart Suspended Dna Bridge 懸