夹
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double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,108 U+5939
How 夹 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A person 夫 stuck between two others 丷
How to remember it
press from both sides · Heisig RSH #1523
夫 husband + animal horns
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 夹 as their sound component
These characters all use 夹 (jiá) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夹 sound component | jiá | to support; to be wedged between |
| 侠 | xiá | chivalrous person; knight-errant |
| 狭 | xiá | narrow, limited; narrow-minded |
| 荚 | jiá | seed-pod |
| 浃 | jiā | to saturate, to drench; wet, damp |
| 惬 | qiè | satisfied, comfortable, cheerful |
| 蛱 | jiá | butterfly, nymphalid |
| 郏 | jiá | a county in Henan province; surname |
| 硖 | xiá | a town in Hebei province |
Words containing 夹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夹山国家森林公园 | Jiā shān Guó jiā Sēn lín Gōng yuán | Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门[Shi2 men2], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan |
| 双人包夹 | shuāng rén bāo jiā | (sports) double-teaming |
| 夹起尾巴 | jiā qǐ wěi ba | to tuck one's tail between one's legs; fig. to back down; in a humiliating situation |
| 夹子音 | jiā zi yīn | (coll.) (neologism, attested by 2021) cutesy high-pitched voice |
| 夹江县 | Jiā jiāng Xiàn | Jiajiang, a county in Leshan City 樂山市|乐山市[Le4 shan1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 夹心族 | jiā xīn zú | sandwich generation |
| 受夹板气 | shòu jiā bǎn qì | to be attacked by both sides in a quarrel; to be caught in the crossfire |
| 夹当儿 | jiā dāng r | erhua variant of 夾當|夹当[jia1 dang1] |
| 夹尾巴 | jiā wěi ba | to have one's tail between one's legs |
| 变调夹 | biàn diào jiā | (music) capo |
| 夹子 | jiā zi | clip; clamp; tongs; folder; wallet |
| 夹塞儿 | jiā sāi r | variant of 加塞兒|加塞儿[jia1 sai1 r5] |
| 夹生饭 | jiā shēng fàn | half-cooked rice; (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was no… |
| 夹头 | jiā tóu | (machinery) collet; chuck |
| 夹心 | jiā xīn | to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking); stuffed |
| 夹生 | jiā shēng | half-cooked; (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc |
| 文件夹 | wén jiàn jiā | folder; file (paper) |
| 夹克 | jiā kè | (loanword) jacket; also pr. [jia2 ke4] |
| 发夹 | fà jiā | hair clip |
| 夹道 | jiā dào | a narrow street (lined with walls); to line the street |