狭 (xiá) — narrow
Definition
adjective
narrow
Examples
- 。Zhè tiáo xiá zhǎi de xiǎo lù hěn nán zǒu.This narrow path is hard to walk on.
- 。Nà ge xiá xiǎo de fáng jiān zhī fàng dé xià yì zhāng chuáng.That cramped room can only fit one bed.
- 。Tā men zài xiá cháng de zǒu láng lǐ xiāng yù.They met in the long and narrow corridor.
Origin
Sound + meaning六书liùshū
形声xíngshēngMost characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.
This origin belongs to the traditional form 狹; 狭 is its simplified writing.
Sound part声符shēngfú
夾
夾jiā狹xiá
Same sound today
The traditional form 狹 pairs 犭 (dog) with 夾 as a sound part; the simplified 狭 is a later shorthand.
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