狹
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xiá · narrow, limited

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Character anatomy

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Shape and proportion

10Total strokes

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Left-rightCharacter structure

Keep the left side compact and leave enough room for the right side.

犭Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 狹

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Example sentences

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「 zhè mó xiá xiǎo de fáng jiàn yào sān shí yuán shí zài shì tài guì le.」 tā xiǎng.「這麼狹小的房間要三十元實在是太貴了。」他想。

"Thirty dollars is a lot for that small room," he thought.

Source: Tatoeba #367841 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Bié ràng xiá ài de rén ràng nǐ xiāng xìn nǐ de mèng xiǎng guò wū hóng dà.別讓狹隘的人讓你相信你的夢想過於宏大。

Don't let narrow-minded people convince you that your dreams are too big.

Source: Tatoeba #10327497 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā xǐng le guò lái, fā xiàn zì jǐ zhèng tǎng zài yí jiàn bú jiàn tiān rì de xiá xiǎo qiú shì lǐ.他醒了過來,發現自己正躺在一間不見天日的狹小囚室裏。

When he came to he found himself lying in a small, windowless cell.

Source: Tatoeba #2272597 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Zhè gè jiǎo dù huì guò wū xiá zhǎi.這個角度會過於狹窄。

The angle would be too narrow.

Source: Tatoeba #919890 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Gé lóu shì yí gè xiá cháng de dī ǎi fáng jiàn, guāng xiàn hūn àn, mí màn zhù xuě sōng de xiāng qì.閣樓是一個狹長的低矮房間,光線昏暗,瀰漫著雪松的香氣。

The attic was a long, low-ceilinged room, dark and fragrant with the odor of the cedar.

Source: Tatoeba #13573852 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 狹 in context

  1. Say xiá, then recall the core meaning: narrow, limited.
  2. Write all 10 strokes while keeping the left-right balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 狹 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.