Unicode: U+72F9

Pinyin: xiá

Definition

* 窄,不寬闊,與"廣"相對。 ~窄。~長。~隘。偏~。~邪(指小街曲巷娼妓居住的地方。亦作"狹斜")

narrow, limited; narrow-minded; to pinch

Structure

狹 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC