Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb

    to insert

    「ええ、そうね」とスーザンが言葉をさしはさむ。「私が電話したのは・・・」
    "Ah, that's true," Susan puts in, "I just wanted to call to ..."
  2. to interrupt; to slip in a word

  3. to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour; to entertain (e.g. a theory)

Also written 挟む【さしはさむ】差し挾む【さしはさむ】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance

Kun
さ.すさ.し
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
449 of 2500
Radical
work
WaniKani
Level 24

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
3-7-3, 2-2-8, 2-3-7, 2-6-4SKIP code
2o8.4The Kanji Dictionary
8021.1Four corner code
972deroo
5deeUnicode hex code
1-26-25JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3662Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1537New Nelson (John Haig)
3311New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4104Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2082Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2821Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
554Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
593Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
614A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1164Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
662Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8732Morohashi
482A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
658Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
669Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
399sakade
492Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
508henshall3
544Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
674Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
553Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
560Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
chai1, cha1, cha4, ci1Pinyin reading
cha, chiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
24WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pinch, between

Kun
はさ.むはさ.まるわきばさ.むさしはさ.む
On
キョウショウ
Strokes
9
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1870 of 2500
Radical
hand
WaniKani
Level 51

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (25)
CodeReference
1-3-6SKIP code
3c6.1The Kanji Dictionary
5503.0Four corner code
631fUnicode hex code
1-22-20JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2146New Nelson (John Haig)
377New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
450Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
277Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
335Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1267Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1357Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1923A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1165A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1354Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1437Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
570Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1258Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1473Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
886Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1275Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xie2Pinyin reading
hyeobKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
51WaniKani level