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Keyword
put between
Info
Frequency
Top 1100-1200
Type
Jōyō
?
Shinjitai
?
Kanken
Level Pre-2
Heisig
1357
Old form
挾
Readings
はさ
(96%)
きょう
(2%)
ばさ
(1%)
さしはさ
ばさみ
Composed of
扌
left hand
夫
husband
丷
horns
Used in vocabulary (35 in total)
挟
はさ
む
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
口
くち
を
挟
はさ
む
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
挟
はさ
ま
る
to get between; to be caught in
32 more...
Examples (8 in total)
痛
いた
い!ドアに
指
ゆび
挟
はさ
んだ!
Ouch! My finger got caught in the door.
電
でん
車
しゃ
の
扉
とびら
に
足
あし
を
挟
はさ
まれたんだよ。
I got my foot caught in a train door.
「すみません」とアンが
口
くち
を
挟
はさ
んだ。
"Excuse me," Ann broke in.
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