挟 — pinch, between

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi

• きょう kyou
• しょう shou

Kun'yomi

• はさ.む hasa.mu
• はさ.まる hasa.maru
• わきばさ.む wakibasa.mu
• さしはさ.む sashihasa.mu

Words that use 挟

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

• 挟まる はさまる to get between JLPT N2
• 挟む はさむ to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks) JLPT N2