漢字Kanji · in Animals & Wildlife
狭: cramped, narrow
Also: contract, tight
JLPT N19 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
- ⺨beast(meaning)
- 夹(sound)
⺨ carries the meaning · 夹 gives the sound
9 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
キョウkyou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 狭義きょうぎnarrow, strict
- 狭心症きょうしんしょうheart attack, angina pectoris
- 狭量なきょうりょうなnarrow minded
- 偏狭なへんきょうなnarrow minded, intolerant
せまいsemai · kun'yomi · on its own
- 狭いせまいnarrow, confined, small
- 狭苦しいせまくるしいcramped
せばめるsebameru · kun'yomi
- 狭めるせばめるnarrow, reduce, contract [v.t.]
せばまるsebamaru · kun'yomi
- 狭まるせばまるnarrow, contract [v.i.]
Also read コウ, さ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Watch the wild beast stalking through the brush! These three quick strokes capture the energy of a four-legged animal on the prowl.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side狭 cramped · ⺨
vs挟 pinch · 扌In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 狹 · xiá
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 狭. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 狹.
- Simplified
- 狭 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 狹 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xiá most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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