The Chinese Radical: 夹


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Meaning
squeeze in    夹

Explanation

Used in these characters:
墙
JLPT HSK 5
wall
qiáng
土 啬 夹 回
Left: earth 土, right: stingy 啬 (He who constantly turns his gold 金 around 回 is stingy.) - Here: a variant of squeeze 夹 [squeeze 夹 = The husband 夫 is squeezed between two persons 丷 (=2x 人 ), cf. 薔]
The earth is squeezing and revolves at the wall.  
夹
JLPT HSK 5
squeezed in, wedged between, middle layer (to sandwich)
jiā, jiá
夫 夹
Husband 夫 and two persons 丷 (=人) 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.)  
狭
JLPT HSK 6
narrow, narrow-minded, tight
xiá
犭 夹
Left: wild animal 犭 (dog on the hind legs), right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed. cf. traditional form 狹)
The animal is squeezed in because it is too narrow.  
侠
JLPT HSK 6
brave and chivalrous, hero, heroic
xiá
亻 夹
Left: person 亻, right: squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) 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.  
峡
JLPT HSK 6
gorge, ravine
xiá
山 夹 夫
Left: mountain 山, right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.) [traditional: 峽]
The mountain is squeezing in: at the gorge.  
诬
JLPT HSK 6
to accuse falsely, false evidence, trap
wū
讠 从 工 夹
Left: word 讠/言, right: witch 巫 (She's doing the work 工 of two persons 从: This witch! - cf. squeeze 夹)
The words of a witch are false accusations. OR: Words that squeeze-in 夹 are: false accusations.  
啬
JLPT HSK 6
stingy
sè
金 啬 回 夹
Top: simplification of gold 金 or squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons (= 人) is squeezed.) [cf. traditional 嗇], bottom: return, revolve 回
He who constantly turns his gold 金 around 回 is stingy.  
巫
JLPT no HSK
witch, wizard, shaman
wū
从 工 夹
Outside: two persons 从, inside: work 工
It seems, that she is doing the work of two persons: The witch.  
挟
JLPT no HSK
to coerce, to clasp under the arm
xié
扌 夹
Left: hand 扌 right: squeezed in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed; cf. 挾)
A hand that is squeezed in, is "coercing".  
噬
JLPT no HSK
to bite, to devour
shì
口 竹 夹
Left: mouth 口, right: 筮 (bamboo 竹, witch 巫 [She's doing the work 工 of two persons 从], here: variant of: squeeze in 夹)
(If its end is slit, you can get pinched in it.) Like a mouth, the bamboo can clamp/squeeze, thus: bite.  
陕
JLPT no HSK
abbr. for Shaanxi 陕西 province
shǎn
阝 夹
Left: hill 阝, right: squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.)
Between hills is is squeezed: Shaanxi (mausoleum with soldier figures of Qin Shi Huang)  
颊
JLPT no HSK
cheeks
jiá
夹 頁
Left: to squeeze 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed.), right: page, head 页/頁 (= head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)
They are squeezing the head: the cheeks.  
蔷
JLPT no HSK
wild rose
qiáng
艹 夹 回 啬
Top: plant 艹, below: stingy 啬 (He who constantly turns his gold 金 around 回 is stingy.) - here: squeeze in 夹 [A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=2x人; cf:薔) is squeezed]
(due to its thorns) The plant that squeezes-in if you rotate in it: is the wild rose.  
惬
JLPT no HSK
cheerful, satisfied
qiè
忄 匚 夹
Left: feeling 忄, right: embracement 匚 and squeeze in 夹 [A husband 夫 between persons 丷 (=人) is squeezed)] here: be included
The feelings of being included (= squeezed in) in an embracement are: cheerful.  

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