Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1870 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: pinch, between

Kunyomi: はさ.む はさ.まる わきばさ.む さしはさ.む

Onyomi: キョウ ショウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: てへん

Meaning: hand

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

撃(きょうげき)   pincer movement

む(はさむ)   interpose, insert, pinch [v.t.]

み撃ち(はさみうち)   pincer attack

まる(はさまる)   get between, be caught in [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

キョウサツ rundown

瞼器 キョウケンキ entropion forceps

Kunyomi Examples

はさむ to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks), to grip (from both sides), to put between, to sandwich between, to insert, to interpose, to catch (e.g. a finger in a door), to trap, to pinch, to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings), to interpose (e.g. an objection), to interject, to throw in (e.g. a joke), to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.), to have between each other, to be across (a street, river, etc.), to harbour (feelings), to cast (e.g. doubt)

まる はさまる to get between, to be caught in

差し さしはさむ to insert, to interrupt, to slip in a word, to harbor (e.g. doubts), to harbour, to entertain (e.g. a theory)