狭

xiá

x+iá·2nd tone

narrow · narrow-minded

Radical: 犭 Strokes: 9

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

独狂狗狼犯猪狱猫猛猎狎猥

Same radical

独狂狗狼犯猪狱猫猛猎狎猥狐犹狡

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Character Decomposition

狭=犭+夹

Etymology

dog

Meanings

narrow

narrow-minded

xiá

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Words with 狭 90 total

prejudiced · narrow-minded偏狭piān xiá narrow (of waterway) · a bottleneck束狭shù xiá (of a path etc) narrow · (of a living space etc) cramped · (of a way of thinking, a definition etc) narrow; limited狭隘xiá ài long and narrow狭长xiá cháng narrow lane狭径xiá jìng gorge狭路xiá lù narrow狭小xiá xiǎo narrow sense · restricted sense狭义xiá yì narrow狭窄xiá zhǎi

Idioms with 狭 5 total Chain

lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) · fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face狭路相逢xiá lù xiāng féng

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