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Kanji Detail for 挟 - "to pinch, to insert, to hold"
挟
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Meaning
挟 means "to pinch, to insert, to hold."
Pinch - To squeeze between two surfaces.
Insert - To put between.
Hold - To grip between.
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Words using 挟
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挟み撃ち
はさみうち
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
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挟み撃ち
はさみうち
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Tattoo check: 挟
- Verified meaning: to pinch, to insert, to hold
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Used in real Japanese given names (read きょう)
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
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Name readings of 挟
Given names 挟(きょう)
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Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
pinch; between
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
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Onyomi
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Kunyomi
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Strokes
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Radical
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Related Keywords
Sentences including 挟
A little bird told me.
A little birdie told me.
Ouch! I stuck my finger in the door!
He stuck his pencil behind his ear.
Don't interrupt me while I'm talking.
指を挟まないようにしなさい！
Watch your fingers!
ルネの指がドアに挟まっている。
René's fingers are caught in the door.
I got my foot caught in a train door.
She shut the door on her finger.
She suddenly burst in on our conversation.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
それを母が灰の中から見付け出して、火箸で挟み上げるという滑稽もあった。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし叔父に欺かれた記憶のまだ新しい私は、もう一歩踏み込んだ疑いを挟まずにはいられませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし叔父に欺かれた記憶のまだ新しい私は、もう一歩踏み込んだ疑いを挟まずにはいられませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
More kanji with the radical 手 扌 (te・tehen)
- 才 talent, ability
- 手 hand, arm
- 打 to strike, to hit
- 払 to pay, to brush off
- 托 entrust, support, request
- 扱 to handle
- 扶 support, help
- 批 to strike
- 技 skill, technique, art
- 抄 to copy, to extract
- 把 grasp, handle, bundle
- 抑 to suppress, to control
- 投 to throw, to pitch, to give up
- 抗 to resist
- 折 to fold, to break, occasion
- 抜 to pull out
- 択 to choose, to select, option
- 承 to hear
- 披 open, reveal
- 抱 to embrace, to employ
- 抵 to touch, to resist
- 抹 erase, rub
- 押 to push, seal
- 抽 to select, abstract
- 拂 brush
- 担 to carry, charge, to take on