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N2 9 strokes

cramped, narrow, contract · hẹp, chật

訓 せま(い),せば(める),せば(まる),さ ・ 音 キョウ,コウ

Sino-Vietnamese: hiệp

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The dog radical 犭 beside 夹 (squeeze): being squeezed from both sides, hence narrow. Sino-Vietnamese hiệp, as in hiệp lượng (narrow-minded).

At a glance

Sino-Vietnamese
hiệp
On'yomi
キョウ,コウ
Kun'yomi
せま(い),せば(める),せば(まる),さ
Strokes
9
JLPT
N2

On'yomi

キョウ,コウ

Kun'yomi

せま(い),せば(める),せば(まる),さ
Sino-Vietnamese: hiệp

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Radical

Dog (side form)
3 strokes

Example sentences

この部屋は狭い。 (このへやはせまい)

This room is cramped.