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掛け時計 (kakedokei) Japanese meaning: wall clock | Kotomora

掛かけ時計どけい

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Meanings

1

A clock designed to be hung on a wall.

リビングの掛かけ時計どけいが止とまっている。

The wall clock in the living room has stopped.

新あたらしい掛かけ時計どけいを買かった。

I bought a new wall clock.

Kanji

掛hang, suspend, depend
時time, hour
計plot, plan, scheme

Related words

置おき時計どけい
A table or desk clock, placed on a surface rather than hung on a wall.
目め覚ざまし時計どけい
An alarm clock, which may be placed on a nightstand or desk.

Built from

かける+時計とけい

Written forms

掛かけ時計どけい
Standard kanji spelling.
掛かけ時計どけい
Variant spelling without the okurigana け.

Etymology

Compound of 掛け (kake, 'hanging') + 時計 (tokei, 'clock'). The reading どけい is a rendaku form of とけい.