挟 — pinch, between

はさむ挟 pinch

はさむ

U+631F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1870 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1357 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

pinch
between

Readings

On'yomi: きょう kyou しょう shou
Kun'yomi: はさ hasa わきばさ wakibasa さしはさ sashihasa

word

はさ hasa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

挟(はさ) む hasamu to insert 挟(はさ) み撃(う) ち hasamiuchi attack on both sides

Words by frequency and grade

2 words

Each dot is a word containing 挟: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 1 word has no frequency rank; it sits in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

扌 hand (left form)

夹 pinch between

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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