This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キョウ、ショウ、はさ.む、はさ.まる、わきばさ.む、さしはさ.む
Romaji: kyō, shō, hasa.mu, hasa.maru, wakibasa.mu, sashihasa.mu
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Romaji

Meanings

pinch, between

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  9
Radical Number:  64
Frequency:  1870
Grade:  8
Skip Pattern:  1-3-6
Korean Reading:  hyeob
Chinese Reading:  xie2
Unicode:  631f
JIS:  3634

Indexes

Halpern Index: 377
New Nelson Index: 2146
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3c6.1
Four Corner Index: 5503.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1165
Gakken Index: 1923
Remembering the kanji Index: 1267
Kanji Flashcards Index: 570
Kodansha Compact Index: 886
Kanji in Context Index: 1473
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 277
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 335
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1275
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1357
Kodansha Kanji Index: 450
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1258

Words

差し挟む (さしはさむ)
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour; to entertain (e.g. a theory)
挟み込む (はさみこむ)
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
鋏虫 (はさみむし、ハサミムシ)
earwig
剪み切る (はさみきる)
to nip off; to snip; to clip; to trim off
板挟み (いたばさみ)
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
挟む (はさむ)
to interpose; to hold between; to insert; to be on either side (e.g. road); to be across (e.g. street, river); to be beyond
挟撃 (きょうげき)
pincer movement; pincer attack
奥歯に物が挟まる (おくばにものがはさまる)
to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way
氷挟み (こおりばさみ)
ice tongs
洗濯挟み (せんたくばさみ)
clothes-pin; clothespin; clothes peg
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