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挟 means 'put between'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 1741   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-21    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 54    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 28 words   Used in 20 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キョウ
Kun
   はさむ to put between   はさまる to be caught between
Additional readings
On    ショウ
Kun    わきばさむ   さしはさむ
Variants
挾 (kyujitai)  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 挟 - click the badge to download
Find out why several places are called Fusabami, what it means to "discuss something across a table," and what to call attacks from two sides. Learn how one powerful verb can refer to sandwiching something or to filling that sandwich. Discover ways to talk about fingers slammed in doors, houses facing each other, hearsay, interruptions, and meddling (or "sticking your beak in"!).
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Components
⿰  扌 (手) hand  夹 between  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 挟 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 挟 is used 28 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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キョウ : 7 words FIND ALL
き ょ う げ き 0
pincer movement; pincer attack
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はさむ : 15 words FIND ALL
は さ む 2
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to interpose; to hold between; to insert
2. to be on either side (e.g. road); to be across (e.g. street, river); to be beyond
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はさむ (read as ばさ) : 6 words FIND ALL
こ お り ば さ み 5
noun
ice tongs
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Additional data
Henshall: 1165  Joy o' Kanji : 1165  Key to Kanji: - 

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挟
キョウ   はさむ to put between   はさまる to be caught between   
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夹
between
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丷
eight
夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
扌
hand
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