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:

Japanese

Shinjitai

狭

Kyūjitai

狹

Kanji

狭

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 狹)

  1. cramped
  2. narrow
  3. contract
  4. tight

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
狭
さ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
狹 (kyūjitai)
小

From Old Japanese.

Possibly the original form of se below.

Affix

狭(さ) • (sa) 

  1. narrow, small
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
狭
せ
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
狹 (kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

Standalone form of sa above. Compare 目 (me, ma-, “eye”).

Noun

狭(せ) • (se) 

  1. (archaic) narrowness
Usage notes

Used as a phrase […も]狭(せ)に ([… mo] se ni, “with little space remaining [on ...]; being almost full [on ...]”).

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
狭
せば
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
狹 (kyūjitai)

Adjective

狭(せば) • (seba) †-nari

  1. (archaic, Classical Japanese) narrow

Noun

狭(せば) • (seba) 

  1. Short for 狭縮緬 (sebachirimen /⁠せばちりめん⁠/).

References

  1. “狭”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
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