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夹

jiā, jiá, jià

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Simplified form of 夾. Pictograph of a person (大) being pushed by people on both sides.

Components
大 iconic component

大  Iconic component

dà, dài

  

big

Depicts a standing person being pushed from both sides.

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Depicts a person pushing from the left.

人 iconic component

人  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Depicts a person pushing from the right.

Evolution

夹 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
夹 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
夹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
夹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
夹 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
夹 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

夹 (夾) 

jiā

be wedged or inserted between; to press from either side; to place in between; to sandwich; to carry sth under armpit; wedged between; between; to intersperse; to mix; to mingle; clip; folder; Taiwan pr. [jiá]

夹 (夾) 

jiá

double-layered; lined (garment)

夹 (夾) 

jià

Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jiā​shēng] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jiā​zhú​táo]

夹 (裌) 

jiá

variant of 夾|夹[jiá]

Most common words with 夹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

夹

to sandwich

夹克

jacket (loanword)

文件夹

folder

夹杂

to mingle

夹子

clip

Component uses

Meaning component in 5 characters (0 verified)

峡 陕 颊 挟 铗

Sound component in 13 characters (0 verified)

侠 峡 狭 颊 挟 惬 荚 郏 浃 蛱 箧 硖 铗

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

瘗

Statistics

HSK level 5

Appears in 18.8051% of movies

1528th most common character in movies

1758th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Traditional

夾

Unicode

U+5939


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