TSUMUGU · TOCFL 2 (est.) · 字
掛
掛 ＝ 扌 ＋ 卦
ㄍㄨㄚˋ · guà
verb — to hang, suspend; to hang up (a call)
字源 FORM — what the parts do
扌義a handthe hand that hangs it up
A hand (扌) and 卦 guà for the sound — the same 卦 from 八卦. The hand lifts a thing onto a hook and leaves it there: to hang. 掛畫、掛號. On the phone, to hang up: 掛電話. The sound runs deeper through 圭 guī, the jade tablet buried inside 卦.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
手（扌）把畫舉到釘子上，一鬆——掛住了。
The hand (扌) lifts the picture onto the nail and lets go — it hangs.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)懸掛、吊— to hang, suspend常用
→掛念、牽掛— to hang on the mind; to worry over
⇒掛電話— to hang up the phone常用
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension