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窄 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「穴」

道
準1University / general ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「穴」
On
サクさく · saku
Kun
すぼ.める・つぼ.める・せま.いsubo.meru · tsubo.meru · sema.i
Meaning
narrow; to pucker

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A hole 穴 with 乍 as phonetic: the opening is narrow, drawn in.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 狭窄きょうさく

    stricture; narrowing

  • 窄めるすぼめる

    to purse; to narrow

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

検査(けんさ)で血管(けっかん)の狭窄(きょうさく)が見(み)つかった。

The examination found a narrowing of the blood vessel.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

狭窄窄狭narrow穿to bor…窪hollow窺to pee…竈kitche…穴hole乍while朔new mo…雀sparro…作to mak…柵fence
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 穴Map of reading サクAll maps

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