狭

See also: 狹

狭 U+72ED, 狭 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72ED ← 独 [U+72EC] CJK Unified Ideographs 狮 → [U+72EE]

Translingual

Japanese	狭
Simplified	狭
Traditional	狹

Etymology

Simplified from 狹 (夾 → 夹).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 夹 – narrow-minded, like a dog.

Han character

狭 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大廿 (KHKT), composition ⿰犭夹)

Derived characters

• 𮏶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 711, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1343, character 10
• Unihan data for U+72ED

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 狭 – see 狹 (“narrow; tight; narrow-minded; narrow”). (This character is the simplified form of 狹).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.