窄

narrow; narrow-minded; badly off

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #2,857 U+7A84

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

穴 (semantic, “cave”) + 乍 (phonetic, zhà)

components: 穴乍

strait · Heisig RSH #2358

穴 hole + saw

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 乍

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 乍 (zhà) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
乍 sound component	zhà	first time, for the first time, suddenly
诈	zhà	to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
怎	zěn	what? why? how?
咋	zǎ	question-forming particle: why? what? how?; to bite; loud
蚱	zhà	grasshopper; locust, cicada
昨	zuó	yesterday; formerly, in the past
柞	zuò	beech, oak; evergreen; to clear away trees
酢	zuò	a toast to the host
怍	zuò	ashamed
祚	zuò	throne; happiness, blessings
舴	zé	dinghy, small boat
苲	zhǎ	hornwort
迮	zé	to press; hasty; cramped
痄	zhà	scrofulous swellings or lumps
砟	zhǎ	stone tablet; monument
笮	zé	boards that support roof tiles
胙	zuò	meat offered in sacrifice to one's ancestors
阼	zuò	the steps leading to the eastern door

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
宽打窄用	kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng	to give oneself leeway (idiom); to allow room for error
冤家路窄	yuān jiā lù zhǎi	lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
心胸狭窄	xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi	(idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous
心窄	xīn zhǎi	narrow-minded; intolerant
窄小	zhǎi xiǎo	narrow and small
地窄人稠	dì zhǎi rén chóu	see 地狹人稠\|地狭人稠[di4 xia2 ren2 chou2]
二尖瓣狭窄	èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎi	mitral stenosis (physiology)
尖窄	jiān zhǎi	pointy; tapered
宽窄	kuān zhǎi	width; breadth
窄缝	zhǎi fèng	narrow gap; slit
狭窄	xiá zhǎi	narrow
窄狭	zhǎi xiá	see 狹窄\|狭窄[xia2 zhai3]
窄巷	zhǎi xiàng	narrow alley; narrow street