狭

狭 — cramped, narrow, contract

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 9
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #1346 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きょう kyou

こう kou
Kun'yomi: せま.い sema.i

せば.める seba.meru

せば.まる seba.maru

さ sa

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 狭

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

狭いせまい narrow JLPT N5