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The Radical: 夹
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squeezed 夹
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Left and right a person 人, which are still visible at 頰, between which the main person (husband 夫 or big person 大) is queezed. |
Used in these Kanji:
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峡
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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gorge, ravine, glen (narrow valley)
KYŌ Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (a man/husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷; traditionally 峽 with two persons 人 at the sides of a big 大 person)
The mountain is squeezing at: the gorges.
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山
夹
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挟
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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insert, but between
hasamaru/mu, KYŌ Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷; traditionally 挾 with two persons 人)
The hand will be squeezed if I insert it in there.
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扌
夹
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狭
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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narrow, small, cramped
semai, KYŌ Left: wild animal 犭, right: squeezed in 夹 (husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷) [traditionally: 狹 with two persons 人]
The animal is squeezed in because it is so narrow.
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犭
夹
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頰
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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cheek
HŌ Left the traditional form 夾 of: to squeeze 夹, which then was: A big 大 person is squeezed between two others 人人, right: head/forehead 頁
They are squeezing the head: the cheeks.
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夹
頁
大
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