to press from either side / to place in between / to sandwich / to carry sth under armpit / wedged between / between / to intersperse / to mix / to mingle / clip / folder / Taiwan pr. [jia2]

= + : The mean crocodile (丷) is waiting for the bus to go to work in front of the ashram (a1). He prepared to sandwiches (夹) for lunch: One with Joan of Arc (ji) and one with a construction worker (夫).
double-layered / lined (garment)
Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
variant of 夾|夹[jia2]

夹 character breakdown

"eight" component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 八[ba1]

Mnemonic symbol: a crocodile with mean eyes. Beelzebub (b) is fighting with eight crocodiles (丷) in front of the ashram (a1).
one of the characters used in kwukyel, an ancient Korean writing system
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

= + : Mnemonic symbol: a construction worker

= + : In front of the space station, Neanderthal Man and a construction worker are busy exchanging a broken capacitor. When Frieda Fox floats by they whistle at her because they think she's hot, but Frieda is just annoyed.
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

Characters with 夹 as component

gorge

= + : Marie Curie (xi) is gorging (峡) on sandwiches (夹) in the ashram's kitchen (a2). She opens her mouth as wide as a gorge (峡) and puts the sandwiches in her mouth using a big fork (山).
knight-errant / brave and chivalrous / hero / heroic

= + : Marie Curie (xi) decided to become a knight errant (侠). In the ashram's kitchen (a2) Rosa Luxemburg (亻) gives her a sandwich (夹) for her journeys and says goodbye to her.
narrow / narrow-minded

= + : Marie Curie (xi) made herself a sandwich (夹) in the ashram's kitchen (a2), but the way out is very narrow (狭) and blocked by the dachshund (犭) who is looking at her sandwich and drooling .
old variant of 狹|狭[xia2]

= + : Marie Curie (xi) made herself a sandwich (夹) in the ashram's kitchen (a2), but the way out is very narrow (狭) and blocked by the dachshund (犭) who is looking at her sandwich and drooling .
old variant of 夾|夹[jia1]
to clasp under the arm / to coerce
cheeks
abbr. for Shaanxi 陝西|陕西 province
see 蛺蝶|蛱蝶[jia2 die2]
pod (botany)
place name
name of a district in Henan
soaked / to wet / to drench / Taiwan pr. [jia2]
chest / box / trunk / suitcase / portfolio
bury / sacrifice
cheerful / satisfied
variant of 愜|惬[qie4]
variant of 頰|颊[jia2]
old variant of 刺[ci4]

Words with 夹

clamp / fixture (machining)
leg vise (torture instrument)
to cut into a line / queue-jumping
(coll.) to induce an abortion (Tw)
to have one's tail between one's legs
Jiashan National Forest Park in Shimen 石門|石门[Shi2 men2], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan
Jiashan Temple, Buddhist temple in Shimen county 石門縣|石门县[Shi2 men2 xian4], Changde 常德[Chang2 de2], Hunan, the purported final home and burial place of late Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Zi4 cheng2]
sandwich cookie / (jocular) sb who is caught between two opposing parties; sb who is between the hammer and the anvil
critical annotations between the lines
to clamp / tongs
to nip (i.e. cut short) / to pinch off
Jiajiang county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
Jiajiang county in Leshan 樂山|乐山[Le4 shan1], Sichuan
half-cooked / (fig.) not completely done, solved, developed etc / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5]
half-cooked rice / (fig.) half-finished job that is difficult to complete because it was not done properly in the first instance / Taiwan pr. [jia4 sheng5 fan4]
crucial moment / critical time
erhua variant of 夾當|夹当[jia1 dang1]
to be attacked by both sides in a quarrel / to be caught in the crossfire
completely mixed up / in a muddle

Sentences with 夹

夹 currently does not appear in any sentence.