Today’s #kanji is #掛, which is made of its semantic element of #てへん（扌） and phonetic element of 卦. In the modern Japanese language, 掛 only has 訓読み.
Meaning: to suspend, to hang
Reading: か（が）
掛（か）かる: [vi] to hang, to get on, to take (time), to cost, etc.
エンジンが掛かる = the engine starts
ブレーキが掛かる = the brakes work
掛（か）ける: [vt] to hang, to lock, to pour, etc.
水を掛ける = to pour water over …
エンジンを掛ける = to start an engine
ラジオを掛ける = to turn a radio on
掛（か）け算: [noun] multiplication
腰（こし）掛（か）ける: [vi] to be seated, to sit (on a chair/sofa)
仕（し）掛（か）け: [noun] a device, a mechanism, a contraption, a trick, engineering
手（て）掛（が）ける: [vt] to handle, to manage, to deal with…
引（ひ）っ掛（か）ける: [vt] to catch, to hang, to trap, to splash
ひざ掛（か）け: [noun] a knee rug, a lap robe
見（み）掛（か）け: [noun] appearance, look
The kanji 掛 is sometimes used instead of 係（かかり）, which means: [noun] duty, job, a person in charge, a clerk
