夾

夾 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大人人 (KOO), four-corner 4003₈, composition ⿻大从)

• 俠 (侠), 挾 (挟), 頰 (頬, 颊), 狹 (狭), 莢 (荚), 陜 (陕), 㛍 (𮰿), 浹 (浃), 唊 (𰇕), 䩡, 䀹 (𥅴), 翜 (𰭢), 梜 (𬂩), 郟 (郏), 㤲 (𫺁), 匧, 綊, 蛺 (蛱), 㽠, 䵌, 鋏 (𨦇, 铗), 㾜, 𠩘, 𤲍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 250, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5867
• Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 529, character 18
• Unihan data for U+593E

Historical forms of the character 夾
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) – one person (大) holding two other people (人) under his arm, or two people (人) sandwiching a person (大).

夾

1. to squeeze between; to pinch; to clamp; to hold between
2. to carry under one's arm
3. to place in between; to be located between; to be wedged between
4. on or from both sides
5. ^† to support; to assist
6. to mix; to intermingle; to intersperse
7. clip; clamp
8. folder; wallet
9. ^† torture device used to squeeze the ankles

   Synonym: 夾棍 / 夹棍 (jiāgùn)

10. ^† wharf by a river
11. ^† Short for 夾室／夹室.
12. ^† Short for 夾鐘／夹钟.
13. (Cantonese, figuratively) to remove; to take away
14. (Canada, US) intersection of (clarification of this definition is needed)

夾

1. double-layered; lined

   alt. forms: 袷, 裌 / 夹

2. Alternative form of 袷 (“lined garment”)
3. a surname

夾

1. Only used in 夾竹桃／夹竹桃 (jiāzhútáo) and 夾生／夹生 (jiāshēng).

夾

1. Only used in 夾肢窩／夹肢窝 (gāzhiwō).

From 合 (MC kop). Compare Hokkien 佮 (“and; with”) and Teochew 佮 (“and; with”). For sound development, compare modern Cantonese 鴿／鸽 (gaap3), from 鴿 (MC kop).

夾

1. (Cantonese) also; and
2. (Cantonese) well-matched; matching; harmonious

   佢哋兩個好夾！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢哋两个好夹！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ dei⁶ loeng⁵ go³ hou² gaap³!

   The two of them are well-matched!

3. (Cantonese, Hokkien) to match; to fit
4. (Cantonese) to coordinate

   你哋夾埋整蠱我！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你哋夹埋整蛊我！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ dei⁶ gaap³ maai⁴ zing² gu² ngo⁵!

   You've been coordinating together to play a prank on me!

   夾時間／夹时间 [Cantonese]  ―  gaap³ si⁴ gaan³   ―  to arrange for a meeting time

   夾口供／夹口供 [Cantonese]  ―  gaap³ hau² gung¹   ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   夾band／夹band [Cantonese]  ―  gaap³ ben¹   ―  to jam as a band

5. (Cantonese) to share

   夾account／夹account [Cantonese]  ―  gaap³ aa⁶ kaang¹   ―  to share account

6. (Cantonese) to contribute; to chip in

   我哋幾個夾錢買咗份禮物畀佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我哋几个夹钱买咗份礼物畀佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ dei⁶ gei² go³ gaap³ cin⁴ maai⁵ zo² fan⁶ lai⁵ mat⁶ bei² keoi⁵.

   We all chipped in some money to buy a gift for her.

   一齊夾夾條數點做 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一齐夹夹条数点做 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ cai⁴ gaap³ gaap³ tiu⁴ sou³ dim² zou⁶

   Let's chip in on how to do this maths question

夾

1. (Hokkien) to clamp; to pinch (using chopsticks, tongs, clips, pegs, etc.)

   夾菜／夹菜 [Hokkien]  ―  ngeh-chhài [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to hold vegetables with chopsticks

2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to clamp with a chela

   蟳仔夾人／𫊻仔夹人 [Hokkien]  ―  chîm-á ngeh lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The crab pinched someone.

3. (Hokkien) clamp-like tool used to pick up things (such as tongs, clips, pegs, etc.)

   火夾／火夹 [Hokkien]  ―  hé-ngeh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  fire tongs

• (to clamp): (Hokkien) 挾／挟, 𤲍

夾

1. ^† to perambulate; to inspect on foot
2. ^† Alternative form of 挾 / 挟 (xié, “to seize”)

夾

1. ^† Alternative form of 狹 / 狭 (xiá, “narrow”)

夾

1. ^† Alternative form of 鋏 / 铗 (jiá, “hilt of a sword”)

• “Entry #3039”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• “夾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. insert between

   Synonym: 挟

2. cramped

   Synonym: 狭

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kun: あわせ (awase, 夾)^{←あはせ (afase, 夾, historical)}、はさむ (hasamu, 夾む)、わきばさむ (wakibasamu, 夾む)

• Only used as a component form of 挾/狹/峽 which has been simplified to 挟/狭/峡.
• This character is not simplified to 夹 in Japanese.

夾 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

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夾: Hán Nôm readings: giáp, xáp, ghép, kép

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