Keyword
to insert
- to stick in
- to pierce
- to plant
- Frequency
- #1397
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
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Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 臿 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
插
to insert; stick in; pierce; to take part in; to interfere; to interpose
插入
to insert; to stick in; to plug in
插图
illustration
插手
to get involved in; to meddle; interference
插件
plug-in (software or hardware); to plug in a component
插曲
music played during a movie, play etc; incidental music; music played in a theatrical interlude; (fig.) incident; episode
插画
illustration
抽插
to slide in and out; thrusting
插座
socket; outlet
穿插
to insert; to take turns, alternate; to interweave; to interlace; subplot; interlude; episode; (military) to thrust deep into the enemy forces
插队
to cut in line; to jump a queue; to live on a rural community (during the Cultural Revolution)
插头
plug
安插
to place in a certain position; to assign to a job; to plant; resettlement (old)
插播
to interrupt (a radio or TV program) with a commercial insert, breaking news etc; to put a call on hold
插进
to insert; to stick in; to plug in (an electronic device)
插上
to plug into; to insert; to stick in
插嘴
to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in; to cut into a conversation
插话
to interrupt (sb speaking); interruption; digression
插花
flower arranging; ikebana
插口
socket (for an electric plug); to interrupt (sb speaking); to butt in
插管
(medicine) to intubate; intubation; (endotracheal) tube
插足
to squeeze in; to step in; to take part; to step between (two persons in a relationship)
插槽
slot
插孔
jack; socket