夾

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

• 俠, 挾, 頰 (頬, 颊), 狹 (狭), 莢, 陜, 㛍, 浹, 唊, 䩡, 䀹, 翜, 梜, 郟, 㤲, 匧, 綊, 蛺, 㽠, 䵌, 鋏, 㾜, 𠩘, 𤲍

• KangXi: 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

Historical forms of the character 夾
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Ideogrammic compound (會意) – 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. ^† to support; to assist
6. to mix; to intermingle; to intersperse
7. clip; clamp
8. folder; wallet
9. ^† torture device used to squeeze the ankles

   Synonym: 夾棍／夹棍

10. ^† wharf by a river
11. ^† Short for 夾室／夹室.
12. ^† Short for 夾鐘／夹钟.
13. (Cantonese, figuratively) to remove; to take away

    • 當然，May姐會覺得，上次你班友想迫宮，點知人數唔夠就失敗咗，依家就用大是大非的脫歐事件夾佢走，可惡也。 [Cantonese, trad.]
      当然，May姐会觉得，上次你班友想迫宫，点知人数唔够就失败咗，依家就用大是大非的脱欧事件夹佢走，可恶也。 [Cantonese, simp.]

      From: 2019-04-12, 冇事嘅, AM730

      dong¹ jin^4-2, May ze² wui⁵ gok³ dak¹, soeng⁶ ci³ nei⁵ baan¹ jau^5-2 soeng² baak¹ gung¹, dim² zi¹ jan⁴ sou³ m⁴ gau³ zau⁶ sat¹ baai⁶ zo², ji¹ gaa¹ zau⁶ jung⁶ daai⁶ si⁶ daai⁶ fei¹ dik¹ tyut³ au¹ si⁶ gin⁶ gep⁶ keoi⁵ zau², ho² ok³ jaa⁵. [Jyutping]

      Of course, [Theresa] May would think that it is something abominable, when last time these folks tried to force her to resign, which failed somehow because of not enough people [supporting], and this time they're trying to remove her [from her position as Prime Minister] using the controversial Brexit topic as a reason.

夾

1. double-layered; lined

   alt. forms: 袷, 裌／夹

2. Alternative form of 袷 (jiá, “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 kʌp̚). For sound development, compare modern Cantonese 鴿／鸽 (gaap3), from 鴿 (MC kʌp̚).

夾 (Cantonese)

1. also; and
2. 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. to match; to be fitting
4. 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]  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

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

5. to share

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

6. 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 cin² 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. ^† to perambulate; to inspect on foot
2. ^† Alternative form of 挾／挟 (xié, “to seize”).

夾

1. ^† Alternative form of 狹／狭 (xiá, “narrow”).

夾

1. ^† Alternative form of 鋏／铗 (jiá, “hilt of a sword”).

• “Entry #3039”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
• “夾”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(uncommon “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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