Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to start, to begin, to commence.
  2. to challenge, to pick (a fight), to make (war), to draw (a reaction) from.
  3. to set (traps), to plant (explosives), to lay (mines).
  4. Messages.mahj.to make a meld call.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
仕掛ける しかける
 
 
 
仕かける しかける
 
 
 
し掛ける しかける

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 (4th, N1)
hang, suspend, depend
か.ける かけ カイ (8th, 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)