Memory phrase for the character: 挟

挟

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Meaning

insert, but between

Pronunciation

KYŌ
hasamaru/mu

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷; traditionally 挾 with two persons 人) [For the pronunciation hasamu, think of scissors はさみ (= 鋏), which also involves squeezing].

Mnemonic
 
My hand gets squeezed when I insert it there.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
夹 squeezedLeft and right a person 人, which are still visible at 頰, between which the main person (husband 夫 or big person 大) is squeezed.




 Vocabulary

挟む はさむ  to interpose, to hold between, to insert
挟まる はさまる  to get between, to be caught in

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