狹 — readings, stroke count and radical

brushStroke order

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

brushOrigin of the character

形声。「犬」+音符「夾」。「せまい」を意味する漢語｛狹｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

menu_bookMeaning

narrow, contract, reduce, tight, limited

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

menu_bookReadings

On (Sino-Japanese)

• キョウ
• コウ

Kun (native)

• せま(い)
• せば(める)
• せば(まる)
• さ

Other languages

• 拼音xia2
• 한글hyeob
• Hán-ViệtHiệp

infoBasics

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

犬(いぬ)

JIS level

Level 2

Unicode

U+72F9

grid_viewComponents

• 人ひと
• 大だい
• 犭けものへん

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

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰犭夾

compare_arrowsSimilar-looking kanji

• 䀹One part differs
• 俠One part differs
• 峽One part differs
• 挾One part differs
• 梜One part differs
• 浹One part differs
• 硤One part differs
• 裌One part differs
• 陜One part differs

Selected automatically by comparing composition (IDS). “Same composition” means the parts and their arrangement match.

compare_arrowsVariants

• 狭Standard form

infoLookup codes

SKIP

1-3-7

Four Corner

4423.8

Spahn–Hadamitzky

3g6.2