夾

See also: 夹 and 㚒

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 大 + 人 + 人

To hold. (one man holding two men)

Han character

夾 (radical 37 大+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大人人 (KOO), four-corner 4003₈)

Derived terms

• 俠, 挾, 頰 (頬, 颊), 狹 (狭), 莢, 陜, 㛍, 浹, 唊, 䩡, 䀹, 翜, 梜, 郟, 㤲, 匧, 綊, 蛺, 䵌, 鋏, 㾜, 𠩘

References

• KangXi: page 250, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5867
• Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 529, character 18
• Unihan data for U+593E

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Chinese

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trad.		夾
simp.		夹

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiā (jia¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaap³, gap³, gep⁶
• Min Nan (POJ): ngoeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jiā
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ
    • Wade-Giles: chia¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jia
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯a̠⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaap³, gap³, gep⁶
    • Yale: gaap, gap, colloquial sounds not defined
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaap⁸, gap⁸, gep⁹
    • IPA ^(key): /kɑːp̚³/, /kɐp̚³/, /kɛːp̚²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngoeh
    • Tâi-lô: ngueh
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋueʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋueʔ³²/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (夾, reconstructed)
Character (夾), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 洽 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 古洽切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kɣɛp̚/	/kăp̚/	/kɐp̚/	/kɯæp̚/	/kəɨp̚/	/kɐp̚/	/kɐp̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (夾, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
夾								jiā								‹ kɛp ›								/*kˤ<r>ep/								press between
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
夾					5891					夾					盍					2					夾					/*kreːb/

Definitions

夾

1. be wedged or inserted between
2. to pick up

Compounds

• 夾攻
• 夾襖
• 夾克

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)
• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

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Japanese

Kanji

夾

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: こう (kō), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: はさむ (hasamu)

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Korean

Hanja

夾 (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune-Reischauer hyŏp)

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Vietnamese

Han character

夾 (giáp, xáp, ghép, kép)

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