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Translingual
Han character
挾 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 手大人人 (QKOO), four-corner 54038, composition ⿰扌夾)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 432, character 16
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12118
- Dae Jaweon: page 782, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1880, character 2
- Unihan data for U+633E
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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瘞
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*qrebs
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瘱
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*qeːbs
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脥
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*kʰemʔ
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浹
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*skaːb, *skeːb
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挾
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*skaːb, *ɡeːb
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夾
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*kreːb
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郟
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*kreːb
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筴
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*sʰreːɡ, *kreːb, *keːb
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裌
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*kreːb
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鵊
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*kreːb
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狹
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*ɡreːb
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峽
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*ɡreːb
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硤
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*ɡreːb
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陜
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*ɡreːb
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陿
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*ɡreːb
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翜
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*sraːb, *srɯːb
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梜
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*kraːb, *keːb
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頰
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*keːb
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莢
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*keːb
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鋏
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*keːb
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蛺
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*keːb
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唊
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*keːb
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悏
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*kʰeːb
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匧
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*kʰeːb
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愜
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*kʰeːb
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篋
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*kʰeːb
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俠
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*ɡeːb
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綊
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*ɡeːb
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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挾
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挾
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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xié
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xié
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Middle Chinese
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‹ hep ›
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‹ tsep ›
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Old Chinese
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/*m-kˁep/ (?)
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/*S-kˁep/
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English
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grasp
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grasp
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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挾
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挾
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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5890
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5916
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Phonetic component
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夾
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夾
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Rime group
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盍
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盍
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Rime subdivision
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1
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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協
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Old Chinese
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/*skaːb/
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/*ɡeːb/
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Notes
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集韻誤列合韻又讀帖韻是
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Definitions
挾
- to clasp under the arm; to hold under the armpit
- to coerce; to force obedience
- to harbor (resentment, etc.)
- to carry
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
挾
- (Hokkien) to have something caught between two things; to sandwich something between two things
手予門挾著。 [Hokkien, trad.]
手予门挟着。 [Hokkien, simp.]- Chhiú hō͘ mn̂g nge̍h tio̍h. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- My hand got caught in the door.
我乞予電梯門挾佇中央。 [Hokkien, trad.]
我乞予电梯门挟伫中央。 [Hokkien, simp.]- Góa khit hō͘ tiān-thui mn̂g nge̍h tī tèng-ng. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- I was caught in the middle of the elevator doors.
胳下空挾一本冊。 [Hokkien, trad.]
胳下空挟一本册。 [Hokkien, simp.]- Koh-ē-khang nge̍h chi̍t pún chheh. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- armpit sandwiching a book
Synonyms
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 挾 – see 夾 (“to squeeze between; to pinch; to clamp; to hold between; to carry under one's arm; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 夾). |
References
- “挾”, 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–
- “Query for 挾”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 , editor (2022), “挟”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 261.
Japanese
Kanji
挾
(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 挟)
- put between
- insert
- jam
- get caught
- sandwich
Readings
Korean
Hanja
挾 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp, Yale hyep)
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Vietnamese
Han character
挾: Hán Nôm readings: xáp, hiệp, giáp, rơi
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