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Kanji Detail for 挾 - "pinch, tuck"

  • Meaning

    挾 means "pinch, tuck."

    1. Pinch - To hold between; to insert.

    2. Tuck - To hold under one's arm.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    put between; insert; jam; get caught; sandwich

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    clasp under arm; hold to bosom

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    old variant of 夾|夹[jia1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to seize; to hold to one's bosom

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To hold under the arm. Holding at the armpit is 挾. | Secretly keeping is 挾, like saying smuggling. In Qin times, there was the book-banning law, forbidding private book collections. | Having and relying on something. Such as 有挾而求.
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