See also:
U+72ED, 狭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72ED

[U+72EC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+72EE]

Translingual

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Etymology

Simplified from ().

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声): semantic (dog) + phonetic – narrow-minded, like a dog.

Han character

(Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大廿 (KHKT), composition )

Derived characters

  • 𮏶

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 711, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20406
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1343, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+72ED

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“narrow; tight; narrow-minded; narrow”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jōyō kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. cramped
  2. narrow
  3. contract
  4. tight

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese.

Possibly the original form of se below.

Affix

() • (sa

  1. narrow, small
Derived terms
  • ()(もの) (samono)
  • ()(おり) (saori)
  • () (sashi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

Standalone form of sa above. Compare (me, ma-, eye).

Noun

() • (se

  1. (archaic) narrowness
Usage notes

Used as a phrase […() ([… mo] se ni, with little space remaining [on ...]; being almost full [on ...]).

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
せば
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Adjective

(せば) • (seba-nari

  1. (archaic, Classical Japanese) narrow

Noun

(せば) • (seba

  1. short for 狭縮緬 (sebachirimen /⁠せばちりめん⁠/)

References

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006