夾

See also 夹, and 㚒

Translingual

simpl.		夹
trad.		夾

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)

1. be wedged or inserted between

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

夾 (simplified 夹, Yale gaap3)

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Japanese

Kanji

夾

Readings

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

夾 (simplified 夹, pinyin jiā (jia1), Wade-Giles chia¹)

Compounds

• 夾攻
• 夾襖
• 夾克

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Vietnamese

Han character

夾 (giáp, xáp, ghép, kép)