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The kanji 挟: meaning, readings and stroke order
挟
- Meaning
- pinch, sandwich
- On reading
- キョウ kyou
- Kun reading
- はさ（む） hasamu、はさ（まる） hasamaru
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 手 hand
- Level
- Level 9 · senior high school
- Old form
- 挾
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- kẹp, kẹp giữa (hiệp)
- Japanese
- はさむ。あいだに いれる。
- Korean
- 끼우다, 사이에 두다 (협)
- Chinese
- 夹、夹住
Readings, words and example sentences
キョウ kyou · on reading · less common
挟撃
pincer attack (from both sides)
両側から 挟撃します。
They attack from both sides at once.
はさ（む） hasamu · kun reading
挟む
to put between, to slip in
本に しおりを 挟みます。
I put a bookmark in the book.
はさ（まる） hasamaru · kun reading · less common
挟まる
to get caught (between)
ドアに 服が 挟まりました。
My clothes got caught in the door.
Practise writing 挟 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 挟 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 9 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.