し
仕
か
掛
　
け

noun

  1. device, contrivance, mechanism, gadget.
  2. trick, trap, calculated manipulation, gambit.
  3. (small) scale, half finished.
  4. commencement, initiation.
  5. set up, laying out, preparation.
  6. challenge, attack.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
し
仕
か
掛
　
け
 仕掛け しかけ ✔
し
仕
かけ
掛
 仕掛 しかけ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

attend, doing, official
シ　つか.える (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ　さむらい　お (5th, N1)
hang, suspend, depend
か.ける　かけ　カイ (Late Jr. High, N3)
hand, hand radical (no. 64)
シュ
a divination sign
ケ　カ　カイ (Kentei Pre-1)
square jewel, corner, angle
ケイ　ケ　か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)