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Kanji Detail for 窄 - "narrow"

窄

  • Meaning

    窄 means "narrow." Also associated with to press.

    1. Narrow - Cramped; confined; small-minded.

    2. To press - To narrow; to constrict; to become urgent.

  • Four-character idioms with 窄

    • 視野狭窄 しやきょうさく Listen narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision

  • Tattoo check: 窄

    • Verified meaning: narrow
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さこ)
    • Also carries these associations: to press

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 窄

    Surnames 窄(さこ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    narrow; fold; furl; shrug; pucker; shut; close

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    narrow, tight; narrow-minded

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    narrow; narrow-minded; badly off

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    narrow, tight; narrow-minded

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Narrow. The opposite of wide. Such as saying short clothes with narrow sleeves.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    saku(サク) サク

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sema.i(せま-い) せま-い

    subo.meru(すぼ-める) すぼ-める

    tsubo.meru(つぼ-める) つぼ-める

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    穴 (ana・anakammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    narrow to press tight cramped constrained restrictive confined compact slim limited constrict compressed squeezed approaching imminent

Sentences including 窄

  • Shut the umbrella.

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