Memory phrase for the character: 狭

狭

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Meaning

narrow, small, cramped

Pronunciation

KYŌ
semai

Explanation

 Left: wild animal 犭, right: squeezed in 夹 (husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷) [traditionally: 狹 with two persons 人]

Mnemonic
 
The animal is squeezed in because it is so narrow.

Radicals

犭 (wild) animalThe radical kemono shows a dog on the hind legs.
夹 squeezedLeft and right a person 人, which are still visible at 頰, between which the main person (husband 夫 or big person 大) is squeezed.




 Vocabulary

狭い せまい  narrow, confined, small
狭まる せばまる  to narrow, to contract

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