狭

See also: 狹

狭	U+72ED, 狭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72ED

← 独
[U+72EC]

CJK Unified Ideographs

狮 →
[U+72EE]

Translingual

Japanese	狭
Simplified	狭
Traditional	狹

Etymology

Simplified from 狹 (xiá) (夾 → 夹).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : 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)

Derived characters

𮏶

References

KangXi: 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

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 狭 – see 狹 (“narrow; limited; narrow-minded”). (This character, 狭, 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.

Japanese

Shinjitai	狭
Kyūjitai	狹

Kanji

狭

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

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

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
狭
さ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
狹 (kyūjitai) 小

Affix

狭(さ) • (sa)

narrow, small

Derived terms

狭(さ)物(もの) (samono)
狭(さ)織(おり) (saori)
狭(さ)し (sashi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
狭
せ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
狹 (kyūjitai)

Noun

狭(せ) • (se)

(archaic) narrowness

Usage notes

Used as a phrase ［…も］狭(せ)に (［… mo］ se ni, “with little space remaining [on ...]; being almost full [on ...]”).

Derived terms

狭(せ)し (seshi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
狭
せば Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
狹 (kyūjitai)

Adjective

狭(せば) • (seba) ^†-nari

(archaic, Classical Japanese) narrow

Related terms

狭(せば)い (sebai)

Noun

狭(せば) • (seba)

Short for 狭縮緬 (sebachirimen /せばちりめん/).

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