Kanji

Stroke count: 10

Meaning: put between, insert, jam, get caught, sandwich

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:

Meaning: hand

Examples

Onyomi Examples

挟撃 キョウゲキ attack on both sides, pincer movement, double envelopment

Kunyomi Examples

挟む 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)