狭

狹
xiá
#2,015 most
frequent character
narrow, narrow-minded

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

狭 has 犭 dog as its meaning part and 夹 jiá as its sound part. It first meant a domesticated dog. The sense narrow was borrowed for its sound, and narrow-minded grew from that.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

狭xiá
old variant of 狹|狭[xia2]

Homophones

HSK 6
霞xiá
red clouds
侠xiá
knight-errant, brave and chivalrous
峡xiá
gorge
辖xiá
linchpin (used to fasten a wheel to an axle)

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