狭(xiá)

HSK 7-99 strokesTrad. 狹

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Character information

Pinyin
xiá
Meaning
narrow; narrow-minded
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
狹

Origin & structure

Where 狭 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Phonetic-semantic compound⿰犭夹

In this compound, the meaning comes from 犭 (dog); 夹 supplies the sound.

One part carries the meaning, the other suggests the sound.

Made of

犭quǎn夹jiá

Parts are arranged left to right.

How to write 狭 step by step

9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 狭

Common words using 狭 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

xiá狭xiǎo小
HSK 7-9

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xiá狭zhǎi窄
HSK 7-9

narrow

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xiá狭ài隘
HSK 7-9

(of a path etc) narrow

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cù促xiá狭

(coll.) teasing; mischievous; (coll.) cunning; sly

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piān偏xiá狭

prejudiced; narrow-minded

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shù束xiá狭

narrow (of waterway); a bottleneck

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xīn心xiōng胸xiá狭zhǎi窄

(idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous

Open 心胸狭窄 page →
xiá狭yì义

narrow sense

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 狭’s common words

小窄隘促偏束心胸

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