Character: 夾
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiá jiā
Preclassic Old Chinese: krēp
Classic Old Chinese: krēp
Western Han Chinese: krjāp
Eastern Han Chinese: kriāp
Early Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄p
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄p
Late Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄p
Middle Chinese: kạ̈p
English meaning : to flank, be on both sides, assist, follow close to
Russian meaning[s]: 1) сжимать, сдавливать (с двух сторон); втискивать, вставлять; 2) щипцы; брать щипцами (палочками); 3) на подкладке (об одежде); двойной; двусторонний; 4) ящичек; футляр; 5) нести подмышкой; перен. проносить тайно
Comments: Viet. gắp has a narrowed sense 'to pick up with chopsticks' (a usage also attested in Chinese, but in later periods). Regular Sino-Viet. is giáp. Another colloquial loan from the same source is probably Viet. xáp 'to approach, come near'.
Radical: 37
Four-angle index: 4993
Karlgren code: 0630 a-c
Vietnamese reading: gắp
