Memory phrase for the character: 挟

挟

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Meaning to coerce, to clasp under the arm

Pronunciation

xié

Explanation

Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed; cf. 挾)

Mnemonic
 
A hand that is squeezed in, is "coercing".

Radicals

扌 hand
夹 squeeze in
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 Vocabulary

要挟 yāo xié  to threaten
挟持 xié chí  to seize
裹挟 guǒ xié  to sweep along; to coerce
裹挟 guǒ xié  

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