漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
挟: pinch, between
JLPT N29 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- 扌hand(meaning)
- 夹(sound)
扌 carries the meaning · 夹 gives the sound
9 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 挟撃きょうげきpincer movement
- 挟殺きょうさつrundown
はさむhasamu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 挟むはさむinterpose, insert, pinch [v.t.]
- 挟み撃ちはさみうちpincer attack
はさまるhasamaru · kun'yomi
- 挟まるはさまるget between, be caught in [v.i.]
Also read ショウ, わきばさむ, さしはさむ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side挟 pinch · 扌
vs狭 cramped · ⺨In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 挾 · xié
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 挟. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 挾.
- Simplified
- 挟 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 挾 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xié most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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