夾

夾 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 大人人 (KOO), four-corner 4003₈, composition ⿻大从)

• 俠 (侠), 挾 (挟), 頰 (頬, 颊), 狹 (狭), 莢 (荚), 陜 (陕), 㛍 (𮰿), 浹 (浃), 唊 (𰇕), 䩡, 䀹 (𥅴), 翜 (𰭢), 梜 (𬂩), 郟 (郏), 㤲 (𫺁), 匧, 綊, 蛺 (蛱), 㽠, 䵌, 鋏 (𨦇, 铗), 㾜, 𠩘, 𤲍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 250, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5867
• Dae Jaweon: page 509, character 20
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 529, character 18
• Unihan data for U+593E

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) – one person (大) holding two other people (人) under his arm, or two people (人) sandwiching a person (大).

夾

1. to squeeze between; to pinch; to clamp; to hold between
2. to carry under one's arm
3. to place in between; to be located between; to be wedged between
4. on or from both sides
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to support; to assist
6. to mix; to intermingle; to intersperse
7. clip; clamp
8. folder; wallet
9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) torture device used to squeeze the ankles

   Synonym: 夾棍 / 夹棍 (jiāgùn)

10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) wharf by a river
11. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short for 夾室／夹室
12. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short for 夾鐘／夹钟
13. (Cantonese, figuratively) to remove; to take away
14. (Canada, US) intersection of (clarification of this definition is needed)

夾

1. double-layered; lined

   alt. forms: 袷, 裌 / 夹

2. alternative form of 袷 (“lined garment”)
3. a surname

夾

1. only used in 夾竹桃／夹竹桃 (jiāzhútáo) and 夾生／夹生 (jiāshēng)

夾

1. only used in 夾肢窩／夹肢窝 (gāzhiwō)

From 合 (MC kop). Compare Hokkien 佮 (“and; with”) and Teochew 佮 (“and; with”). For sound development, compare modern Cantonese 鴿／鸽 (gaap3), from 鴿 (MC kop).

夾

1. (Cantonese) also; and
2. (Cantonese) well-matched; matching; harmonious

   佢哋兩個好夾！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢哋两个好夹！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ dei⁶ loeng⁵ go³ hou² gaap³! [Jyutping]

   The two of them are well-matched!

3. (Cantonese, Hokkien) to match; to fit
4. (Cantonese) to coordinate

   你哋夾埋整蠱我！ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你哋夹埋整蛊我！ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ dei⁶ gaap³ maai⁴ zing² gu² ngo⁵! [Jyutping]

   You've been coordinating together to play a prank on me!

   夾時間／夹时间 [Cantonese]  ―  gaap³ si⁴ gaan³ [Jyutping]  ―  to arrange for a meeting time

   夾口供／夹口供 [Cantonese]  ―  gaap³ hau² gung¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to agree on a version of a story, so that a lie is not exposed; to collude

   夾band／夹band [Cantonese]  ―  gaap³ ben¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to jam as a band

5. (Cantonese) to share

   夾account／夹account [Cantonese]  ―  gaap³ aa⁶ kaang¹ [Jyutping]  ―  to share account

6. (Cantonese) to contribute; to chip in

   我哋幾個夾錢買咗份禮物畀佢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   我哋几个夹钱买咗份礼物畀佢。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ngo⁵ dei⁶ gei² go³ gaap³ cin⁴ maai⁵ zo² fan⁶ lai⁵ mat⁶ bei² keoi⁵. [Jyutping]

   We all chipped in some money to buy a gift for her.

   一齊夾夾條數點做 [Cantonese, trad.]
   一齐夹夹条数点做 [Cantonese, simp.]

   jat¹ cai⁴ gaap³ gaap³ tiu⁴ sou³ dim² zou⁶ [Jyutping]

   Let's chip in [some ideas] on how to do this maths question

夾

1. (Hokkien) to clamp; to pinch (using chopsticks, tongs, clips, pegs, etc.)

   夾菜／夹菜 [Hokkien]  ―  ngeh-chhài [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to hold vegetables with chopsticks

2. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to clamp with a chela

   蟳仔夾人／𫊻仔夹人 [Hokkien]  ―  chîm-á ngeh lâng [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  The crab pinched someone.

3. (Hokkien) clamp-like tool used to pick up things (such as tongs, clips, pegs, etc.)

   火夾／火夹 [Hokkien]  ―  hé-ngeh [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  fire tongs

• (to clamp): (Hokkien) 挾／挟, 𤲍

夾

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to perambulate; to inspect on foot
2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 挾 / 挟 (xié, “to seize”)

夾

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 狹 / 狭 (xiá, “narrow”)

夾

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 鋏 / 铗 (jiá, “hilt of a sword”)

• “夾”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.
• “夾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “夹”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, pages 202, 264.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “夹”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 196.

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. insert between

   Synonym: 挟

2. cramped

   Synonym: 狭

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kun: あわせ (awase, 夾)^{←あはせ (afase, 夾, historical)}、はさむ (hasamu, 夾む)、わきばさむ (wakibasamu, 夾む)

• Only used as a component form of 挾/狹/峽 which has been simplified to 挟/狭/峡.
• This character is not simplified to 夹 in Japanese.

夾 • (hyeop) (hangeul 협, revised hyeop, McCune–Reischauer hyŏp)

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夾: Hán Nôm readings: giáp, xáp, ghép, kép

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