狭 xiá narrow
narrow; limited; narrow-minded
怎么记住“狭”: 犭 dog + 夹 squeeze = narrow. The big dog tries to squeeze through the fence after his puppy, but the gap between the boards is too narrow.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
狭 = 犭 dog + 夹 squeeze
- 犭 dog meaning
- 夹 squeeze sound
The big dog tries to squeeze through the fence after his puppy, but the gap between the boards is too narrow.
How it came to be
The dog gives the meaning and the sign for squeeze the sound.
用法
- Narrow, the opposite of 广/宽: 狭窄 (xiázhǎi) narrow (a lane, a mind), 狭小 (xiáxiǎo) cramped, 狭隘 (xiá'ài) narrow-minded/parochial, 心胸宽广 (xīnxiōng kuānguǎng) broad-minded.
- 狭义 (xiáyì) means 'in the narrow sense' (vs 广义 broad sense); 冤家路窄 (yuānjiā-lùzhǎi) enemies meet on a narrow road.