挟 Strokes Write it Listen 挟 xié to seize; to hold to one's bosom HSK 7–9 9 strokes Radical 扌 Ideograph 1 word Built from扌shǒuhand夹jiāto support; to be wedged between How it worksWedged 夹 in one's arms 扌; 夹 also provides the pronunciation.