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Kanji Detail for 狭 - "narrow"

狭

  • Meaning

    狭 means "narrow." Also associated with restricted.

    1. Narrow - To become narrow; to narrow; limited in scope.

    2. Prefix - A prefix meaning narrow or small.

  • Words using 狭

    • 狭心症 きょうしんしょう Listen angina pectoris
    • 狭める せばめる Listen to narrow; to reduce; to contract
    • 狭まる せばまる Listen to narrow; to contract
    • 狭い せまい Listen narrow; confined; small

  • Four-character idioms with 狭

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

  • Tattoo check: 狭

    • Verified meaning: narrow
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read はざ)
    • Also carries these associations: restricted

    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 狭

    Surnames 狭(はざ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    cramped; narrow; contract; tight

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    narrow, limited; narrow-minded

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    narrow; narrow-minded

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    narrow, limited; narrow-minded

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sa(さ) さ

    seba.maru(せば-まる) せば-まる

    seba.meru(せば-める) せば-める

    sema.i(せま-い) せま-い

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    犬 犭 (inu・kemonohen)

  • Related Keywords

    narrow restricted prefix limit confined cramped tight compact constricted slim slender small thin cozy snug squeezed intimate limited

Sentences including 狭

  • I have only a small garden.

  • The room is anything but small.

  • It's a small world.

  • I have only a small garden.

  • The house is too small for five people to live in.

  • There's narrow road to the village.

  • The street is very narrow.

  • This house is too narrow to live in.

  • My room is very small.

  • This room is too small for us.

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