to press from both sides, to place in between

Animated Stroke Order 夹

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Stroke Order Diagrams 夹

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HSK Vocabulary:

HSK words that contain this character.

Example Sentences

Real-world example sentences demonstrating how is used in context
1
chuān穿
le
jiàn
hēi
jiā

He is wearing a black jacket.

2
yòng
jiā
zi
jiá
zhù
le
zhǐ
zhāng

I used a clip to hold the paper.

3
qǐng
wén
jiàn
fàng
jìn
wén
jiàn
jiá

Please put the documents in the folder.

4
yòng
jiā
zi
jiā
zhù
zhǐ

I use a clip to hold the paper.

5
yòng
jiā
zi
liàng
zài
shéng
zi
shàng

Mom uses clothespins to hang clothes on the line.

6
zhè
ge
wén
jiàn
jiā
de
jiā
zi
huài
le
zhǎo
xīn
de
lái
zhěng
zhè
xiē
wén
jiàn

The clip on this folder is broken, so I need to find a new one to organize these documents.

7
de
zhōng
wén
jiā
zhe
yīng
wén
dān

His Chinese is mixed with English words.

8
zhè
ge
cài
de
wèi
dào
jiā
zhe
suān
tián
xián
wèi

The flavor of this dish is mixed with sweet, sour, and salty tastes.

9
de
yǎn
jiǎng
zhōng
jiā
zhe
yōu
yán
de
huà

Her speech is mixed with both humorous and serious topics.

Information

Traditional
Radical
Strokes6
StructureSingle Body
Frequency#1591
Zhuyinㄐㄧㄚˊ
Components
UnicodeU+5939
CangjieKOO
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Cultural note

Traditional Chinese culture often connects characters and names with the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and Yin–Yang, a system also used to describe personality tendencies.

Learn how the Five Elements describe personality