Chinese Character Wiki
夾

jiā, jiá, jià

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

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

夾 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
夾 Regular script Modern

Regular 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]

Most common words with 夾
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)

俠 峽 頰 挾 陜

Sound component in 12 characters (1 verified)

筴 俠 峽 狹 頰 挾 莢 郟 浹 蛺 陜 匧

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*kˤ<r>ep

keap

jiā

press between


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 18.8051% of movies

1528th most common character in movies

1758th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Simplified

夹

Unicode

U+593E

Shuowen

“夾，持也。从大，俠二人。”


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