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狭

Narrow
Stroke count: 9

Readings

On readingキョウ
Kun readingせま.い、せば.める、せば.まる
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8Level 24

Meanings

  1. narrow
  2. crampedRtK
  3. contract
  4. tight
  1. narrowness
  2. being cramped
  3. being almost full

Popular Usage

狭い

Radicals and components

Radical犬dog犭variant
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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pack of wild dogs · scissors · husband · horns

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1356

Compound words

狭いせまい
narrow; confined; small; cramped; limited
偏狭へんきょう
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
狭間はざま
interval; space; interstice; threshold; valley
狭まるせばまる
to narrow; to contract
狭めるせばめる
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
狭心症きょうしんしょう
angina pectoris
狭軌きょうき
narrow gauge
狭義きょうぎ
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
狭窄きょうさく
contraction
狭量きょうりょう
narrow-minded
狭隘きょうあい
narrow
褊狭へんきょう
narrow-mindedness
狭軌鉄道きょうきてつどう
narrow-gauge railway
狭苦しいせまくるしい
cramped
幽門狭窄ゆうもんきょうさく
pyloric stenosis
肩身が狭いかたみがせまい
feeling ashamed

Additional Examples

彼は部屋が狭すぎると不平を言っている。
He complains of the room being so small.tatoeba
彼は自分の部屋が狭いと不平を言った。
He complained of his room being small.tatoeba
彼は自分の部屋が狭いといつも文句を言っている。
He is always complaining of his room being small.tatoeba
彼は４１８号室というとても狭い部屋が空室だったことを思い出しました。
He remembered that Room 418, a very small room, was empty.tatoeba

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Narrow. ⺨ (beast) + 夾 (squeezed from both sides) — an animal caught in a tight space.

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