狭

See also 狹

Translingual

simpl.		狭
trad.		狹

Etymology

Simplified from 狹 (夾 → 夹).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 夹 – narrow-minded, like a dog.

Han character

狭 (radical 94 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大廿 (KHKT))

1. narrow, limited
2. narrow-minded

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 711, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1343, character 10
• Unihan data for U+72ED

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Cantonese

Hanzi

狭 (traditional 狹, Yale haap6)

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Japanese

Kanji

狭 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: せまい (semai), せばめる (sebameru), さ (sa)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

狭 (traditional 狹, pinyin xiá (xia2), Wade-Giles hsia²)