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夾

夾 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. はさむ。
  2. まじる。
  3. 助ける。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「大」（立っている人）を左右から人が支えるさまを象る。「補佐する」「たすける」を意味する漢語｛夾｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

insert between

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウ
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • はさ(む)
Other languages
  • 拼音jia1
  • 拼音jia2
  • 한글hyeob
  • Hán-ViệtGiáp

Basics

Strokes
7 strokes
Radical
女(おんな)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+593E

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): overlapping ⿻大从

Words using this kanji

  • 夾角きょうかく二つの線に挟まれた角。contained angle, included angle
  • 夾鐘きょうしょう中国の音楽で十二律の一つ。 陰暦二月の異称。(in China) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F), second lunar month
  • 夾雑物きょうざつぶつforeign element, impurity, admixture
  • 夾竹桃きょうちくとうキョウチクトウ科の落葉低木。インド原産。薬用（利尿薬用さ、強心薬）とも使われる。oleander, Nerium oleander var. indicum, rosebay

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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