Cojak

Hanzi Character Search: 挟

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clasp under arm; hold to bosom
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 6 Total Strokes 9
Mandarin reading xié jiā xiá Cantonese reading haap6 hip6
Japanese on reading kyou shou Japanese kun reading hasamu
Korean reading Vietnamese reading
Traditional Variant(s) clasp under arm; hold to bosom

CEDICT Entries:

   [ jiā ]    old variant of 夾|夹[jia1]
   [ xié ]    to clasp under the arm, to coerce
   [ xié tiān lìng tiān xià ]    (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control the whole country
   [ xié tiān lìng zhū hoú ]    (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
   [ xié daì ]    to carry along, to carry on one's person, to carry secretly
   [ xié yuàn ]    to hold a grudge
   [ xié chí ]    to seize
   [ xié chí zhǔ ]    gherao (from Hindi, SE Asian method of protest)
   [ xié ]    to provoke
   [ xié zhì ]    forced submission, to exploit advantage to force sb to do one's bidding
⇒    [ guǒ xié ]    to sweep along, to coerce
⇒    [ yaō xié ]    to threaten, to blackmail

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