插

插
cha̅ = ch + a1
to insert / stick in / pierce / to take part in / to interfere / to interpose
插 = 扌 + 臿 : While separating grain and husk (臿) in front of the ashram (a1), Charlie Chaplin (ch) accidentally sticks (插) his hand (扌) into the mortar and under the kilo (臿).
插
揷
cha̅ = ch + a1
old variant of 插[cha1]
插 = 扌 + 臿 : While separating grain and husk (臿) in front of the ashram (a1), Charlie Chaplin (ch) accidentally sticks (插) his hand (扌) into the mortar and under the kilo (臿).

插 character breakdown

扌
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
扌 = 二 + 亅 : Mnemonic symbol: a toy claw.
臿
cha̅ = ch + a1
to separate the grain from the husk
臿 = 千 + 臼 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) is using a kilo (千) and a mortar (臼) to separate grain and husk (臿) in front of the ashram (a1) before the winnowing.

Characters with 插 as component

插 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 插

插
嘴
to interrupt (sb talking) / to butt in / to cut into a conversation
穿
插
to insert / to take turns, alternate / to interweave / to interlace / subplot / interlude / episode / (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
见
見
缝
縫
插
插
针
針
lit. to see a gap and stick in a needle (idiom); fig. to make use of every second and every inch
热
熱
插
插
拔
拔
hot swapping
画
畫
插
插
图
圖
者
者
illustrator
鲜
鮮
花
花
插
插
在
在
牛
牛
粪
糞
上
上
lit. a bunch of flowers poked into a pile of manure / fig. a terrible shame (as when a lovely woman marries an odious man)
无
無
心
心
插
插
柳
柳
(idiom) (of a good outcome) unanticipated / serendipitous / fortuitous
重
插
to replug / to disconnect and reconnect (from a plug, port, connection etc)
随
隨
插
插
即
即
用
用
plug and play (computing)
电
電
源
源
插
插
座
座
electric socket / power point
无
無
心
心
插
插
柳
柳
柳
柳
成
成
阴
陰
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫

Sentences with 插

插 currently does not appear in any sentence.