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狭

狭 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Origin of the character

「狹」の略体。「狹」については狹#字源の項目を参照。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

cramped, narrow, contract, tight

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • キョウHS
  • コウ
Kun (native)
  • せま(い)JHS
  • せば(める)JHS
  • せば(まる)JHS
  • さ
Nanori (used in names)
  • はざ
Other languages
  • 拼音xia2
  • 한글hyeob
  • Hán-ViệtHiệp
  • Hán-ViệtHẹp

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
犬(いぬ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+72ED

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭夹

Words using this kanji

  • 狭心症きょうしんしょう冠状動脈の狭窄などの異常により血流が阻害され、胸部に起こる疼痛の発作。angina pectoris
  • 狭間はざまgap, narrow space between things, interstice, valley
  • 狭めるせばめるto narrow, to reduce, to contract
  • 狭まるせばまるto narrow, to contract
  • 狭いせまい面積等が小さいさま。 せまい 参照narrow, confined, small, cramped
  • 狭き門せまきもんthe strait gate (in the Bible), the narrow gate, high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.), difficult hurdle
  • 狭義きょうぎnarrow sense (e.g. of a word)
  • 狭せnarrowness, being cramped, being almost full
  • 狭さnarrow, thin
  • 狭軌きょうき左右2本のレールの間隔が標準軌よりも狭い軌道。日本では1067mmのものが多いが、もっと狭い物や馬車軌間とよばれる1372mmのものもある。ナローゲージ。narrow gauge (i.e. less than 1.435m wide)
  • 狭量きょうりょう度量が狭いこと。 度量が狭いさま。narrow-minded, intolerant, petty
  • 狭小きょうしょう狭く小さいこと。また、そのようなさま。narrow, cramped, small-sized
  • 狭窄きょうさく狭いこと。窄まっていること。contraction, narrowing, stricture, stenosis
  • 狭隘きょうあい幅が狭いこと。細くて険しいこと。 面積や範囲が狭いこと。 心が狭いこと。厳しく、他人を撥ね付けること。こせこせしていること。narrow, small, confined, narrow-minded
  • 狭霧さぎりmist, fog
  • 狭むせばむto narrow, to reduce, to contract
  • 狭域きょういきnarrow, short range, micro
  • 狭しせばしnarrow, confined, small, narrow
  • 狭にせにwith little space remaining, being almost full
  • 狭額きょうがくnarrow bezel (display)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-6
Four Corner
4523.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3g6.2
Heisig
1356
Nelson
2882