xiá

narrow

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
犭 meaning component

  Meaning component

quǎn

  

dog

is a component form of .

夾 sound component

  Sound component

jiājiájià

  

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Evolution

狹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
狹 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
狹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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xiá

narrow, limited; narrow-minded; to pinch; narrow

Most common words with 狹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

狭窄

narrow

narrow

狭小

narrow

狭隘

narrow

狭长

long and narrow

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-kˤ<r>ep

heap

xiá

narrow


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.6430% of movies

2783rd most common character in movies

2018th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Simplified

Unicode

U+72F9


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