挟 — Chinese character
挟
xié
to seize; to hold to one's bosom
- Pinyin
- xié
- Radical
- 64 ⼿ (Hand)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 扌 夹
- Formation
- ideographic — Wedged 夹 in one's arms 扌; 夹 also provides the pronunciation
- Traditional
- 挾
- Japanese
- 挟 as a kanji
Common words with 挟
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 挟持 (挾持) | xié chí | to seize (sb) by the arms; to hold under duress; to abduct |
| 要挟 (要挾) | yāo xié | to threaten; to blackmail |
| 挟带 (挾帶) | xié dài | to carry along; to carry on one's person |
| 裹挟 (裹挾) | guǒ xié | to sweep along; to coerce |
| 挟制 (挾制) | xié zhì | to exploit sb's point of weakness to force them to do one's bidding |
| 挟怨 (挾怨) | xié yuàn | to hold a grudge |
| 挟细拿粗 (挾細拿粗) | xié xì ná cū | to provoke |
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.