logo

The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1346 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: cramped, narrow, contract, tight

Kunyomi: せま.い, せば.める, せば.まる, さ

Onyomi: キョウ, コウ

Composition: 犭 夹

狭

Radical

Radical: 犬

Reading: けものへん

Meaning: dog

Strokes: 3

⺨

Examples

Examples with audio

狭義(きょうぎ)   narrow, strict

狭心症(きょうしんしょう)   heart attack, angina pectoris

狭量な(きょうりょうな)   narrow minded

偏狭な(へんきょうな)   narrow minded, intolerant

狭い(せまい)   narrow, confined, small

狭苦しい(せまくるしい)   cramped

狭める(せばめる)   narrow, reduce, contract [v.t.]

狭まる(せばまる)   narrow, contract [v.i.]

Onyomi Examples

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

広狭 (コウキョウ) width, width and narrowness

Kunyomi Examples

狭い (せまい) narrow, confined, small, cramped, limited, narrow-minded, confining

狭める (せばめる) to narrow, to reduce, to contract

狭まる (せばまる) to narrow, to contract

狭 (さ) narrow, thin

狭霧 (さぎり) mist, fog

若狭 (わかさ) Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

Left-click: rotate, Mouse-wheel/middle-click: zoom, Right-click: pan