Kanji Detail for 隘 - "narrow, blocked, steep"

隘

Non-Jōyō Kanji

Meaning
隘 means "narrow, blocked, steep."
1. Narrow - Confined in space; narrow-minded.
2. Blocked - Obstructed; hindered.
3. Steep - Precipitous; a dangerous place.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

narrow; obstruct

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

narrow, confined; a strategic pass

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) narrow; (bound form) a defile; a narrow pass

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

narrow, confined; a strategic pass

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

A dangerous and obstructed place. As in terrain that is easy to defend and hard to attack is called 險隘. | Narrow. Meaning not wide or spacious. The Mencius says: "Bo Yi was narrow-minded."
Onyomi

ai(あい)

yaku(やく)
Kunyomi

sema.i(せまい)
Strokes

18 strokes
Radical

阜阝 (kozato・kozatohen・oka)
Related Keywords
narrow confined space minded blocked obstructed hindered steep precipitous dangerous place