jiājiájià

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Pictograph of a person () being pushed by people on both sides.

Components
大 iconic component

  Iconic component

dài

  

big

Depicts a standing person being pushed from both sides.

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Depicts a person pushing from the left.

人 iconic component

  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

() 

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]

() 

jiá

double-layered; lined (garment)

() 

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

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)

Sound component in 12 characters (1 verified)

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

Unicode

U+593E

Shuowen

“夾,持也。从大,俠二人。”


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