挟まる

はさまる · hasamaru · JLPT N2 · verb-godan

to be caught in

🥪 挟まる = 挟む (pinch between) + まる (happens to it): something gets pinched between

Kanji 挟 = 扌 (hand) + 夾 (clip between two). The hand radical shows something held between two things, and the verb ending まる means it happens to the thing, so it gets caught.

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