xiá

old variant of 狹|狭[xia2]

dog (犭) + [sound: xiá] (夹) = narrow, cramped

The dog radical (犭) evokes an animal pressed into a tight space, capturing the sense of narrowness. 夹 mainly contributes the sound xiá; the animal radical carries the meaning.

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To squeeze between two sidesPhonetic
Variant of 犬Semantic

这条小路非常窄,两个人很难并排走。

zhè tiáo xiǎo lù fēi cháng xiá zhǎi , liǎng gè rén hěn nán bìng pái zǒu 。

This path is very narrow; it is hard for two people to walk side by side.

山谷里有一段长的地带,两边都是高山。

shān gǔ lǐ yǒu yī duàn xiá cháng de dì dài , liǎng biān dōu shì gāo shān 。

In the valley there is a narrow and long strip of land, with high mountains on both sides.

Words with 狭

狭路

xiá lù

gorge

二尖瓣狭窄

èr jiān bàn xiá zhǎi

mitral stenosis (physiology)

促狭

cù xiá

(coll.) teasing; mischievous

促狭鬼

cù xiá guǐ

mischievous fellow; rascal

偏狭

piān xiá

prejudiced

地狭人稠

dì xiá rén chóu

(idiom) small and densely populated

心胸狭窄

xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi

(idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous

心胸狭隘

xīn xiōng xiá ài

narrow; petty-minded

束狭

shù xiá

narrow (of waterway)

狭长

xiá cháng

long and narrow

狭小

xiá xiǎo

narrow

狭径

xiá jìng

narrow lane

More characters with 犭