The Chinese Radical: 夹


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Meaning
squeeze in    夹

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 5
wall
qiáng
Left: earth , right: stingy (Variant of squeeze in [to squeeze = A husband between two persons (= 2x ; cf: 薔) is squeezed] and return/revolve )
The earth is squeezing you in and revolving: at the wall.
JLPT HSK 5
squeezed in, wedged between, middle layer (to sandwich)
jiā, jiá
Husband and two persons (=) on the sides, which squeeze in. (It was traditional 夾)
The squeezed husband stands for being: squeezed in. (OR: He has squeezed sth. under his arms.)
JLPT HSK 6
narrow, narrow-minded, tight
xiá
Left: wild animal (dog on the hind legs), right: squeezed in (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed. cf. traditional form 狹)
The animal is squeezed in because it is too narrow.
JLPT HSK 6
brave and chivalrous, hero, heroic
xiá
Left: person , right: squeeze in (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed, [traditional 俠] HERE: Husband with two kids on the arms)
The person who is a husband with two kids on the arms is brave and chivalrous.
JLPT HSK 6
gorge, ravine
xiá
Left: mountain , right: squeezed in (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed.) [traditional: 峽]
The mountain is squeezing in: at the gorges.
JLPT HSK 6
to accuse falsely, false evidence, trap

Left: word /, right: witch 巫 (She's doing the work of two persons : This witch! - cf. squeeze )
The words of a witch are false accusations. OR: Words that squeeze-in are: false accusations.
JLPT HSK 6
stingy

Top: simplification of gold or squeeze in (A husband between persons (= ) is squeezed.) [cf. traditional 嗇], bottom: return, revolve
When the 'gold/money' is (steadily) revolved, this guy is stingy.
JLPT no HSK
witch, wizard, shaman

Outside: two persons , inside: work
It seems, that she is doing the work of two persons: The witch.
JLPT no HSK
to coerce, to clasp under the arm
xié
Left: hand right: squeezed in (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed; cf. 挾)
A hand that is squeezed in, is "coercing".
JLPT no HSK
to bite, to devour
shì
Left: mouth , right: 筮 (bamboo , witch 巫 [She's doing the work of two persons ], here: variant of: sqeeze in )
The mouth, in which bamboo is squeezed in: is biting.
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Shaanxi 陕西 province
shǎn
Left: hill , right: squeeze in (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed.)
Between hills is is squeezed: Shaanxi (mausoleum with soldier figures of Qin Shi Huang)
JLPT no HSK
cheeks
jiá
Left: to squeeze (A husband between persons (=) is squeezed.), right: page, head 页/ (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )
They are squeezing the head: the cheeks.
JLPT no HSK
wild rose
qiáng
Top: plant , below: stingy (here: squeeze in [A husband between persons (=2x; cf:薔) is squeezed] and rotate )
(due to its thorns) The plant that squeezes-in if you rotate in it: is the wild rose.
JLPT no HSK
cheerful, satisfied
qiè
Left: feeling , right: embracement and squeeze in [A husband between persons (=) is squeezed)] here: be included
The feelings of being included (= squeezed in) in an embracement are: cheerful.

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