夾

jia̅ = ji + a1

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]

夹 = 丷 + 夫 : The mean crocodile (丷) is waiting for the bus to go to work in front of the ashram (a1). He prepared to sandwiches (夹) for lunch: One with Joan of Arc (ji) and one with a construction worker (夫).

jiá = ji + a2

double-layered / lined (garment)

jià = ji + a4

Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]

夾 character breakdown

夾
- 从
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏
- 大
  - 一
  - 人
    - 丿
    - ㇏

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

variant of 從|从[cong2]

dài = d + ai4

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

surname Cong

cóng = cu + (e)ng2

from / through / via / to follow / to obey / to engage in (an activity) / never (in negative sentence) / (Taiwan pr. [zong4]) retainer / assistant / auxiliary / subordinate / related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor

从 = 人 : Mnemonic symbol: 从 looks like the legs of a rubber chicken. Two Neanderthal Men (人) are playing a game with Kitty Cat (cu) in the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2). They stand in a line and let Kitty Cat pass through (从) the tunnel formed by their legs by teasing her with a rubber chicken (从).

dà = d + a4

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

大 = 一 + 人 : The big (大), huge (大) robot (mnemonic symbol for 大) is working out in the ashram's bathroom (a4). He's lifting a flute (一) to which Don Quixote (d) and Neanderthal man (人) are clinging.

Characters with 夾 as component

jiá = ji + a2

variant of 夾|夹[jia2]

jiá = ji + a2

name of a district in Henan

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

send / to present in both hands

ji̅ = ji + Ø1

to present (a gift) / to harbor (a feeling)

jiá = ji + a2

pincers for use at a fire / sword

jiá = ji + a2

(old) to talk recklessly / to talk nonsense / talkative

jia̅ = ji + a1

(old) chopsticks / Taiwan pr. [jia2]

qiǎn = qi + an3

pelvic cavity / lower abdomen

Words with 夾

jacket (loanword) / also pr. [jia2 ke4]

clip / clamp / tongs / folder / wallet

to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking) / stuffed

hollow layer between two solid layers / (architecture) mezzanine

pincer attack / attack from two or more sides / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks

to carry within it / to be mixed in / to slip sth in / to intersperse / (hydrology etc) to entrain / to smuggle / notes smuggled into an exam

attack from two sides / pincer movement / converging attack / attack on a flank / fork in chess, with one piece making two attacks

clamp / fixture (machining)

sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil

critical annotations between the lines

to clamp / tongs

to nip (i.e. cut short) / to pinch off

to be attacked by both sides in a quarrel / to be caught in the crossfire

completely mixed up / in a muddle

r

to cut into a line / queue-jumping

(coll.) to induce an abortion (Tw)

to have one's tail between one's legs

Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门[Shi2 men2], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan

Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Zi4 cheng2]

sandwich generation

Sentences with 夾

夾 currently does not appear in any sentence.