Japanese Kanji
懸ken
state of suspension · hang · depend
Secondary school · JLPT N1 · 20 strokes
State of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart.
懸 is part of the secondary school jōyō kanji — the full set of characters used in everyday Japanese. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N1 (advanced) level. With 20 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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