狭

cramped, narrow, contract, tight

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キョウコウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

させば.まるせば.めるせま.い

Nanori (名乗り)

はざ

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1346

Vocabulary

キョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
狭心症	キョウシンショウ	angina pectoris
狭義	キョウギ	narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
偏狭	ヘンキョウ	narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
狭軌	キョウキ	narrow gauge
狭軌鉄道	キョウキテツドウ	narrow-gauge railway

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
狭い	せまい	narrow; confined; small; cramped; limited; narrow-minded; confining
狭まる	せばまる	to narrow; to contract
狭める	せばめる	to narrow; to reduce; to contract
手狭	てぜま	narrow; small; cramped
狭間	はざま	interval; space; interstice; threshold; valley; gorge; ravine; loophole (in a wall); crenel; eyelet; diagonal gap; move played in a diagonal gap; space between two stones diagonally apart

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