Chinese Character 夹 Meanings and components.

Form

夹

Meaning

夹 meaning[3] in English

To Press From Either Side.

To Place In Between.

To Sandwich.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 夹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are husband (夫) , and 'eight' component in … (丷)

Its radical[1] is: 大 (da4) which means: Big, Huge, Large, Major, Great, Wide, Deep, Older (Than), Oldest, Eldest, Greatly, Very Much, (Dialect) Father, Father's Elder Or Younger Brother, .大da4big

In cangjie it is written with KT

How to write 夹

To write夹jia1to press … you should write a combination of 夫fu1husband , 丷ba1'eight' component … arranged in a + shape:

夫 + 丷 = 夹

夹 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 夹 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 夹, looks as follow:

夹
Pinyin:jia1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: 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. [Jia2]
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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