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挟

Level XII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 1485 / 2,608

Put Between

On’yomi
きょう
Kun’yomi
はさ
Radical
手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 凝 (Congeal), less common than 溜 (Amass).

A hand on the left squeezes something big on the right — a hand clamping around something big, pressing it between two surfaces to put between.

In words

挟む はさむ to interpose,to hold between,to insertN2
挟まる はさまる to get between,to be caught inN2

挟 is rank 1485 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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