Chinese Character 窄 Meanings and components.

Form

窄

Meaning

窄 meaning[3] in English

Narrow.

Narrow-Minded.

Badly Off.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 窄 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are cave (穴) , and at first (乍)

Its radical[1] is: 穴 (xue2) which means: Cave, Cavity, Hole, Acupuncture Point, Taiwan Pr. [Xue4], .穴xue2cave

In cangjie it is written with JCOS

How to write 窄

To write窄zhai3narrow you should write a combination of 穴xue2cave , 乍zha4at first arranged in a 吕 shape:

穴 + 乍 = 窄

窄 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

窄
Pinyin:zhai3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Narrow . Narrow-Minded . Badly Off
穴
Pinyin:xue2
Meaning[3]: Cave . Cavity . Hole . Acupuncture Point . Taiwan Pr. [Xue4]
宀
Pinyin:mian2
Meaning[3]: 'Roof' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 40), Occurring In 家, 定, 安 Etc . See Also 寶蓋|宝盖[Bao3 Gai4]
八
Pinyin:ba1
Meaning[3]: Eight . 8
乍
Pinyin:zha4 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: At First . Suddenly . Abruptly . To Spread . (Of Hair) To Stand On End . Bristling

Notes

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

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

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