狭

See also: 狹

Translingual

Japanese	狭
Simplified	狭
Traditional	狹

Etymology

Simplified from 狹 (夾 → 夹).

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

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 狭 – see 狹 (“narrow; tight; narrow-minded; narrow”). (This character is the simplified form of 狹).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	狭
Kyūjitai	狹

Kanji

狭

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 狹)

1. cramped
2. narrow
3. contract
4. tight

Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げふ (gefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kun: せ (se, 狭); せまい (semai, 狭い, Jōyō); せば (seba, 狭); せばい (sebai, 狭い); せばまる (sebamaru, 狭まる, Jōyō); せばめる (sebameru, 狭める, Jōyō); さ (sa, 狭)

Compounds

• 狭心症(きょうしんしょう) (kyōshinshō): heart attack

Adjective

• 狭(せま)い (semai): narrow