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挟 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」

道
準2High school level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「扌」
On
キョウ・ショウきょう・しょう · kyō · shō
Kun
はさ.む・はさ.まる・わきばさ.む・さしはさ.むhasa.mu · hasa.maru · wakibasa.mu · sashihasa.mu
Meaning
pinch; put between

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hand plus holding something under both arms: to pinch or place between.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onキョウきょうkyō挟撃きょうげき
Kunはさむhasamu挟むはさむ
Kunはさまるhasamaru挟まるはさまる

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 挟撃きょうげき

    pincer attack

  • 板挟みいたばさみ

    caught in the middle

More words with this kanji

  • 嘴を挟むくちばしをはさむ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

読(よ)みかけの本(ほん)にしおりを挟(はさ)んだ。

I slipped a bookmark into the book I was reading.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 扌Map of reading キョウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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