懸
Readings
- On'yomi 音読み
- ケンケ
- Kun'yomi 訓読み
- か.けるか.かる
Example words & Vocabulary
一生懸命いっしょうけんめい
with utmost effort
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 onExample sentences 3
命を懸ける。
To risk one's life.
一生懸命 働いた。
He worked hard.
弓懸けとも表記する。
It is also written "