かける

kakeru

to call by phone

ichidan verbtransitive

Also written 掛ける

Chinese meanings

打（电话）

Examples

Furigana

１０円えんで電でん話わがかけられますか。
Can I make a phone call for ten yen?
十日元能打电话吗？
Tatoeba #236074
母ははに電でん話わをかけます。
I will call my mother.
我给妈妈打电话。

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0ce2b98d3b'); // かける

{
  "id": "0ce2b98d3b",
  "word": "かける",
  "reading": "かける",
  "romaji": "kakeru",
  "meanings": [
    "to call by phone"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1207610,
  "other_forms": [
    "掛ける"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "１０円で電話がかけられますか。",
      "furigana": "１０{円|えん}で{電話|でんわ}がかけられますか。",
      "en": "Can I make a phone call for ten yen?",
      "tatoeba_id": 236074
    },
    {
      "ja": "母に電話をかけます。",
      "furigana": "{母|はは}に{電話|でんわ}をかけます。",
      "en": "I will call my mother."
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e00c1fd7ac59402417763bc2c82b9606dbe832a83af494539a95c5aeeafa8c2b",
    "meanings": [
      "打（电话）"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "１０円で電話がかけられますか。",
        "zh": "十日元能打电话吗？"
      },
      {
        "ja": "母に電話をかけます。",
        "zh": "我给妈妈打电话。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/0ce2b98d3b",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "6a8d1a3df1c57908c537a840ba4e59ae4c98034866d8679cd8f3ec9d211cf20b"
  }
}