挾

Information about character(s)

Radical: 手
Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 10
Simplified Form: 挟

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xié, jiā
Cantonese: haap6 hip6
JapaneseKun: HASAMU
JapaneseOn: KYOU SHOU
Korean: HYEP
Vietnamese: xáp

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: clasp under arm; hold to bosom

CE-Dict: to clasp under the arm/to coerce

Soothill: To clasp under the arm; to cherish; to presume on.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to hold or clasp something under the arm
2.to coerce; to force somebody to submit to one's will
3.to presume upon (one's influence, advantage, etc.)

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: hold
【法】 pinch

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: hold

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《手部》挾俾持也。从手夾聲。

康熙字典文字版 【卯集中】【手字部】挾
【唐韻】【正韻】胡頰切【集韻】【韻會】檄頰切，𠀤音協。【說文】俾持也。【增韻】帶也，掖也。一曰輔也。【詩·大雅】旣挾四鍭。【儀禮·鄕射禮】兼挾乗矢。【註】方持弦矢曰挾。古文作接。【齊語】挾其槍刈耨鎛，以旦莫從事於田野。【註】在掖曰挾。　又【爾雅·釋言】藏也。【前漢·惠帝紀】除挾書律。【註】秦律，敢有挾書者族。　又【廣韻】懷也，護也。【孟子】不挾長，不挾貴。【朱註】挾者，兼有而恃之之稱。　又會也。【晉語】遇兆挾以銜骨，齒牙爲猾。　又【揚子·方言】挾斯，敗也。南楚凡人貧，衣被醜弊，或器物弊，謂之挾斯。　又【集韻】尸牒切，音蜨。亦持也。【左傳·宣十二年】三軍之士，皆如挾纊。　又【集韻】訖洽切【正韻】古洽切，𠀤與夾同。亦持也。又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤子洽切，音啑。又【集韻】吉協切，音頰。又作荅切，音匝。義𠀤同。或作抸。　又【集韻】【韻會】𠀤卽協切。與浹通。【詩·大雅】使不挾四方。【傳】挾，達也。【疏】挾者，周匝之義，故爲達。【周禮·天官·大宰】縣治象之灋于象魏，挾日而斂之。【註】從甲至甲謂之挾日，凡十日。【釋文】又作浹。【荀子·禮論篇】方皇周挾。【註】挾讀爲浹。匝也。　又【正韻】卽涉切，音接。義同。

CF-Dict: tenir sous le bras/forcer/contraindre

Han-De-Dict: nötigen, zwingen (u.E.)