When something is hung, it's been attached or suspended from above so it dangles or rests in place. A coat hung on a hook, a picture hung on the wall, or a banner hung across the gym for a school assembly. The word describes the state of being suspended or mounted after someone has placed it there.

Hung is the past tense of the verb to hang in most situations. You hang your jacket in the closet today, and yesterday you hung it there. You hang ornaments on a Christmas tree, and last year you hung silver bells on the highest branches.