挂
Meaning
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc)
- to hang up (the phone)
- (of a line) to be dead
Example sentence
寄挂号吗？
By registered letter?
The character 挂
挂 is 扌, a hand, beside 圭: hanging something up. 挂衣服 on a hook, 挂电话 to hang up the phone — and 挂号 is registering at a hospital, from the number once hung on a board.