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狭 means 'narrow'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 1259   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-16    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 27 words   Used in 50 words   Used in 192 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キョウ
Kun
   せまい narrow   せばまる to become narrow   せばめる to make narrow
Additional readings
On    コウ
Kun    さ
Name    はざ
Variants
狹  
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 狭 - click the badge to download
The word 'narrow' makes me think of 'skinny,' as in the delightfully named diet book Skinny Bitch. But skinny isn't what you'll find with 狭, even though it means 'narrow.' The Japanese associate 狭 with crowdedness. Learn various words for cramped spaces, from a tiny apartment to a clogged artery. We'll even cover narrow-mindedness and narrow interpretations of words. You'll get the skinny on all of it!
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 狭 is used 7 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 狭 is used 47 times, read 4 ways (with 3 variations).
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キョウ : 23 words FIND ALL
へ ん き ょ う 0
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
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さ : 3 words FIND ALL
`ku' adjective (archaic)
1. narrow; confined; small  (archaic)
`shiku' adjective (archaic)
2. narrow; confined; small  (archaic; this meaning is restricted to reading せばし)
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せまい : 14 words FIND ALL
せ ま い 2
narrow; confined; small
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せばまる : 4 words FIND ALL
せ ば め る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
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せまい (read as ぜま) : 1 word FIND ALL
て ぜ ま 0
narrow; small; cramped
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さ (read as ざ) : 1 word FIND ALL
や ざ ま 0
noun
loophole; crenel; crenelle; arrow-slit
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はざ: 1 word. FIND ALL
は ざ ま 0
noun
1. interval; threshold; interstice
2. valley; gorge; ravine
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An additional 3 less common words include 狭 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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狭
キョウ   せまい narrow   せばまる to become narrow   せばめる to make narrow   
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夹
between
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丷
eight
夫
フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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二
ニ   ふたつ    ふた two   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
犭
ケン   いぬ dog   
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