狭
narrow; cramped; contract; tight
9 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1346.
Readings
- せまい (kun reading): 狭い (せまい) narrow; 手狭 (てぜま) narrow
- キョウ (on reading): 狭義 (きょうぎ) narrow sense (e.g. of a word); 狭隘 (きょうあい) narrow
- さ (kun reading): 狭 (さ) narrow; 狭霧 (さぎり) mist
- せばめる (kun reading): 狭める (せばめる) to narrow; 範囲を狭める (はんいをせばめる) to narrow down the range
- せばまる (kun reading): 狭まる (せばまる) to narrow
- コウ (on reading)
- Read as a whole word: 狭間 (はざま) gap
Components
- ⺨
- 夹
- 丶 radical dot
- 二 radical two
- 亠 radical lid
- 人 radical person
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 大 radical big
- ⺨ radical dog, left-side form of 犬
Words using 狭
- 狭い (せまい) narrow
- 手狭 (てぜま) narrow
- 狭き門 (せまきもん) the strait gate (in the Bible)
- 狭苦しい (せまくるしい) cramped
- 肩身が狭い (かたみがせまい) feeling ashamed
- 狭義 (きょうぎ) narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
- 狭隘 (きょうあい) narrow
- 狭軌 (きょうき) narrow gauge (i.e. less than 1.435m wide)
- 狭窄 (きょうさく) contraction
- 狭小 (きょうしょう) narrow
- 狭 (さ) narrow
- 狭霧 (さぎり) mist
- 若狭 (わかさ) Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
- 狭山茶 (さやまちゃ) Sayama tea
- 狭衣物語 (さごろもものがたり) The Tale of Sagoromo (ca 1060 CE)
- 狭間 (はざま) gap
- 狭める (せばめる) to narrow
- 範囲を狭める (はんいをせばめる) to narrow down the range
- 狭む (せばむ) to narrow
- 狭し (せばし) narrow
- 狭まる (せばまる) to narrow
- 狭に (せに) with little space remaining
- 狭 (せ) narrowness
56 words in all.