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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 夹

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
夹 jiā - 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]
夹 jiá - double-layered (quilt); lined (garment)
夹 jià - Taiwan pr. used in 夾生|夹生[jia1 sheng1] and 夾竹桃|夹竹桃[jia1 zhu2 tao2]
夹 jiá - variant of 夾|夹[jia2]

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 3,270 4,117 2,888

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿻ 夫 丷

Radical:

一

Type:

Ideographic

Hint:

A person 夫 stuck between two others 丷

Other Words Containing 夹

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
夹 - 5 3,270 4,117 2,888
夹克 - - 3,748 18,640 9,518
文件夹 - - 12,217 18,629 12,969
皮夹 - - 12,618 36,902 18,549
夹子 5 - 13,049 26,683 13,169
夹心 - - 14,863 32,551 18,919
弹夹 - - 15,531 58,815 60,242
发夹 - - 16,408 40,101 23,043
夹板 - - 19,424 39,617 49,669
夹层 - - 23,047 24,140 32,726
夹杂 6 - 25,211 14,693 14,381
钱夹 - - 27,375 40,717 18,153
夹击 - - 28,240 25,246 42,631
夹带 - - 34,714 34,230 33,585
夹竹桃 - - 43,173 76,510 70,082
夹缝 - - 45,273 32,219 27,490
夹攻 - - 50,615 51,644 70,517
夹角 - - 55,865 34,776 52,498
衣夹 - - 62,021 - -
夹馅 - - 64,871 - -
夹道欢迎 - - 66,462 55,407 47,121
雨夹雪 - - 73,812 23,000 11,803
夹道 - - 87,474 54,611 56,320
夹棍 - - 88,138 - -
夹具 - - 89,378 48,203 102,957