Chinese Character 狭 Meanings and components.

Form

狭

Meaning

狭 meaning[3] in English

Narrow.

Narrow-Minded.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 狭 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are three-stroke form of … (犭) , and to press from … (夹)

Its radical[1] is: 犬 (quan3) which means: Dog, Kangxi Radical 94, .犬quan3dog

In cangjie it is written with KHKT

How to write 狭

To write狭xia2narrow you should write a combination of 犭quan3three-stroke form … , 夹jia1to press … arranged in a 吅 shape:

犭 + 夹 = 狭

狭 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 狭 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 狭, looks as follow:

狭
Pinyin:xia2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Narrow . Narrow-Minded
犭
Pinyin:quan3
Meaning[3]: Three-Stroke Form Of Kangxi Radical 94 犬[Quan3]
夹
Pinyin:jia1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: To Press From Either Side . To Place In Between . To Sandwich . To Carry Sth Under Armpit . Wedged Between . Between . To Intersperse . To Mix . To Mingle . Clip . Folder . Taiwan Pr. [Jia2]
夫
Pinyin:fu1 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Husband . Man . Manual Worker . Conscripted Laborer (Old)
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
丷
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: 'Eight' Component In Chinese Characters . Archaic Variant Of 八[Ba1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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