引っ掛かる
ひっかかる · hikkakaru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan
to be caught in
🪤 引っ掛かる: 引く (pull) + 掛かる (hang on) = pulled onto a hook and stuck there
引っ掛かる is 引っ掛ける (hook/snag) plus the intransitive ending -かる, so it means to get hooked or caught on something. Use it for snagging on a nail or being stuck in traffic.
引 — bow 弓 + vertical stroke 丨
A compound ideograph showing a bow 弓 with a vertical line 丨 representing the drawn bowstring. The original meaning was 'to draw a bow,' which extended to 'pull,' 'lead,' 'guide,' and 'cite.' The vertical stroke depicts the action of pulling the string back.