xiéjiā

clasp under arm

Wedged  in one's arms  also provides the pronunciation

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

夹 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

jiājiájià

  

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Evolution

挟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
挟 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
挟 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
挟 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

xié

clasp under arm; hold to bosom; to clasp under the arm; to coerce

() 

jiā

old variant of |[jiā]

Most common words with 挟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

挟持

to seize

要挟

to threaten

to coerce

挟制

forced submission

挟带

to carry along