狭
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narrow; narrow-minded
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How 狭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
犭 (semantic, “dog”) + 夹 (phonetic, jiá)
How to remember it
narrow · Heisig RSH #1588
pack of wild dogs + 夹 press from both sides
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 夹
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 夹 (jiá) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 夹 sound component | jiá | to support; to be wedged between |
| 侠 | xiá | chivalrous person; knight-errant |
| 荚 | jiá | seed-pod |
| 浃 | jiā | to saturate, to drench; wet, damp |
| 惬 | qiè | satisfied, comfortable, cheerful |
| 蛱 | jiá | butterfly, nymphalid |
| 郏 | jiá | a county in Henan province; surname |
| 硖 | xiá | a town in Hebei province |
Words containing 狭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狭义相对论 | xiá yì xiāng duì lùn | (physics) special relativity |
| 狭路相逢 | xiá lù xiāng féng | lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom); fig. enemies or rivals meet face to fa… |
| 狭小 | xiá xiǎo | narrow |
| 狭长 | xiá cháng | long and narrow |
| 狭义 | xiá yì | narrow sense; restricted sense |
| 狭路 | xiá lù | gorge |
| 地狭人稠 | dì xiá rén chóu | (idiom) small and densely populated |
| 心胸狭窄 | xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi | (idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous |
| 狭谷 | xiá gǔ | glen |
| 偏狭 | piān xiá | prejudiced; narrow-minded |
| 心胸狭隘 | xīn xiōng xiá ài | narrow; petty-minded |
| 促狭鬼 | cù xiá guǐ | mischievous fellow; rascal |
| 二尖瓣狭窄 | èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎi | mitral stenosis (physiology) |
| 狭径 | xiá jìng | narrow lane |
| 束狭 | shù xiá | narrow (of waterway); a bottleneck |
| 促狭 | cù xiá | (coll.) teasing; mischievous; (coll.) cunning; sly |
| 狭窄 | xiá zhǎi | narrow |
| 窄狭 | zhǎi xiá | see 狹窄|狭窄[xia2 zhai3] |
| 狭隘 | xiá ài | (of a path etc) narrow; (of a living space etc) cramped; (of a way of thinking, a definiti… |
| 褊狭 | biǎn xiá | narrow; small-minded |