狭
Cramped, Narrow JLPT N1
9 strokes · school grade 8 · frequency rank #1346
Meaning
Cramped, Narrow, Contract, Tight
Readings
On’yomiキョウ kyou、コウ kou
Kun’yomiせま.い semai、せば.める sebameru、せば.まる sebamaru、さ sa
Radical
Components
- ⺨ (radical)
- 夹
Example sentences
- その家は５人が住むには狭すぎる。The house is too small for five people to live in.
- 我が家の前には狭い庭があります。There is a small garden in front of my house.
- 彼の上役は狭量さを軽蔑している。He is contemptuous of his boss's narrow mind.
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