crowd

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
扌 meaning component

  Meaning component

shoushǒu

  

hand

is a component form of .

齐 sound component

  Sound component

  

even

Evolution

挤 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
挤 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
挤 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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crowd, squeeze, push against; to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)

Most common words with 挤
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to crowd in

拥挤

crowded

挤出

to squeeze out

挤压

to squeeze

挤满

jam-packed