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The kanji 狭: meaning, readings and stroke order
狭
- Meaning
- narrow, cramped
- On reading
- キョウ kyou
- Kun reading
- せま（い） semai、せば（める） sebameru、せば（まる） sebamaru
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 犬 dog
- Level
- Level 7 · junior high school
- Old form
- 狹
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hẹp, chật (hiệp)
- Japanese
- せまい。
- Korean
- 좁다 (협)
- Chinese
- 狭窄
Readings, words and example sentences
キョウ kyou · on reading · less common
狭義
narrow sense (of a word)
狭義には そう 言えません。
In the narrow sense, you cannot say that.
せま（い） semai · kun reading
狭い
narrow, small (space)
この 道は 少し 狭いです。
This road is a little narrow.
せば（める） sebameru · kun reading · less common
狭める
to narrow (something)
はんいを 狭めて さがします。
I narrow down where to look.
せば（まる） sebamaru · kun reading · less common
狭まる
to become narrow
先に 行くほど 道が 狭まりました。
The farther we went, the narrower the road got.
Practise writing 狭 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 狭 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 7 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.