걸다
geol-da
걸다 is hooking one end onto something
The picture A hook slipped onto a nail. Once it catches, the two sides stay linked and hanging together. 걸다 sets the hook onto the nail and leaves the two joined; 풀다 slips the hook back off and separates them again.
Where the picture shows up in 걸다
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hang the coat on a hook
코트는 여기에 거세요.
ko-teu-neun yeo-gi-e geo-se-yo
You can hang your coat here.
A coat hanger's hook is set onto the nail in the wall and the coat hangs there
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hook a phone line to them
제가 이따가 전화 걸게요.
je-ga i-tta-ga jeon-hwa geol-kke-yo
I'll give you a call later.
A line runs out of your phone, catches on the phone at the other end, and the two are linked
The caller uses 전화를 걸다; the one answering uses 전화를 받다.
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hang your name on it
이 일에 회사 이름을 걸었어요.
i i-re hoe-sa i-reu-meul geo-reo-sseo-yo
We've put the company's name on this project.
A signboard with the company's name on it is hung above this piece of work
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hook the engine into life
시동 걸어 놓고 기다릴게요.
si-dong geo-reo no-ko gi-da-ril-kke-yo
I'll start the car and wait.
You turn the key, the dead engine catches, and it starts turning over
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hook words onto someone
괜히 시비 걸지 마세요.
gwaen-hi si-bi geol-ji ma-se-yo
Don't go picking fights.
Words are thrown out like a hook onto a passer-by's sleeve, snagging them to a stop
말을 걸다 is striking up a conversation; 시비를 걸다 is picking a quarrel.
All of it in one picture
걸다 hooks one side onto another so the two hang there connected. Hook a coat's loop onto a nail and the coat is hung; hook your phone onto theirs and you are making a call. Hook the company's name onto this project and its reputation is on the line; hook the key into the engine and the car starts; hook words onto a passer-by and you are picking a fight. So wherever 걸다 appears, two things that were separate are now caught together and hanging.