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Sandwiched Caught Train Staff Fingers 挟 キョウ、ショウ はさ.む、はさ.まる、わきばさ.む、さしはさ.む

Kanji
Onyomi キョウ、ショウ
Kunyomi はさ.む、はさ.まる、わきばさ.む、さしはさ.む
English pinch, between
Examples 挟まる(はさまる): to get between; to be caught in
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1870
Components 手: hand
夾: insert between
Number of Strokes 9
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 64
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading て・てへん
Traditional Form
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword sandwiched
Koohii Story 1 挟まる 【はさまる】 (v5r,vi) to get between; to be caught in; (P) Story: You know how in tokyo there are those really packed trains where train staff in gloves shove people in? Well imagine being sandwiched in so tight, that when the doors close, only your FINGERS are sticking out. The train staff have no choice... they must cut them off with SCISSORS =( snip snip..
Koohii Story 2 Fingers sandwiched between a pair of scissors. Don´t move or else!

Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000

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