Moto 狭: Cramped; Narrow; ContractKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- キョウ、コウ
- Kun'yomi
- せま(い)、せば(める)、せば(まる)、さ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, secondary school
- Words
- 59 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (キョウ・コウ)
- 狭心症きょうしんしょうheart attack; angina pectoris
- 偏狭へんきょうnarrow-mindedness; intolerance
- 狭義きょうぎnarrow sense (e.g. of a word)
- 幽門狭窄ゆうもんきょうさくpyloric stenosis
- 広狭こうきょうwidth; width and narrowness
- 椎間孔狭窄ついかんこうきょうさくvertebral canal stenosis
- 狭あいきょうあいnarrow; small
- 狭さくきょうさくcontraction; narrowing
- 狭域きょういきnarrow; short range
- 狭射きょうしゃejaculation during a mammary intercourse; titjob cumshot
- 狭小きょうしょうnarrow; cramped
- 狭帯域きょうたいいきnarrowband
- 狭窄きょうさくcontraction; narrowing
- 狭端体きょうたんたいstenotele
- 狭義の遺伝率きょうぎのいでんりつnarrow-sense heritability
- 狭視野きょうしやnarrow-field (e.g. camera); small-field
- 狭軌きょうきnarrow gauge
- 狭軌鉄道きょうきてつどうnarrow-gauge railway
- 狭量きょうりょうnarrow-minded; intolerant
- 狭隘きょうあいnarrow; small
- 狭額きょうがくnarrow bezel (display)
- 狭鼻猿類きょうびえんるいcatarrhine (primate of infraorder Catarrhini having nostrils that are close together, esp. the Old World monkeys of family Cercopithecidae)
- 肺動脈弁狭窄症はいどうみゃくべんきょうさくしょうpulmonary valve stenosis
- 脊柱管狭窄症せきちゅうかんきょうさくしょうspinal canal stenosis
- 血管狭窄けっかんきょうさくangiostenosis
- 褊狭へんきょうnarrow-mindedness; intolerance
- 視野狭窄しやきょうさくnarrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness
- 頚動脈狭窄症けいどうみゃくきょうさくしょうcarotid stenosis; carotid artery stenosis
- 頸動脈狭窄症けいどうみゃくきょうさくしょうcarotid stenosis; carotid artery stenosis
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 手狭てぜまnarrow; small
- 狭いせまいnarrow; confined
- 狭き門せまきもんthe strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate
- 狭まるせばまるto narrow; to contract
- 狭めるせばめるto narrow; to reduce
- ところ狭しとところせましとcrowded; packed
- 世間は広いようで狭いせけんはひろいようでせまいthough it seems big, it's a small world
- 世間は広い様で狭いせけんはひろいようでせまいthough it seems big, it's a small world
- 幅の狭いはばのせまいnarrow
- 度量の狭いどりょうのせまいparochial; narrow-minded
- 心が狭いこころがせまいnarrow-minded
- 心の狭いこころのせまいnarrow-minded; shallow
- 所狭いところせまいcrowded; packed
- 所狭しとところせましとcrowded; packed
- 狭き門より入れせまきもんよりいれenter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate
- 狭しせばしnarrow; confined
- 狭むせばむto narrow; to reduce
- 狭庭さにわ(one's own) garden; narrow garden
- 狭苦しいせまくるしいcramped
- 狭霧さぎりmist; fog
- 矢狭間やざまloophole; crenel
- 範囲を狭めるはんいをせばめるto narrow down the range
- 肩身が狭いかたみがせまいfeeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority
- 肩身の狭いかたみのせまいashamed
- 若狭わかさWakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
- 視野の狭いしやのせまいshortsighted; narrow-minded
Other readings
- 狭間はざまinterval; space
- 狭せnarrowness; being cramped
- 狭にせにwith little space remaining; being almost full
- 間狭ませshort roughly woven fence
Kanji that often appear with 狭
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