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TSUMUGU · TOCFL A2 (est.) · 詞
掛號 word · TOCFL A2 (est.)
掛號 ＝ 掛 ＋ 號
ㄍㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄠˋ · guàhào
verb — to register (at a hospital); to send mail by registered post

字源 FORM — what the parts do

掛to hang, to register (掛念)guà
號a number (號碼)hào
掛號，掛念的掛，號碼的號。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

看病前，先去櫃台領一個號（號）。
Before the doctor, you hang (掛) your name on a number (號) at the desk.
關 · Related
號碼hàomǎa number — the same 號看病kànbìngto see a doctor — what 掛號 is the first step of