窄

窄

窄 U+7A84, 窄 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A84 ← 窃 [U+7A83] CJK Unified Ideographs 窅 → [U+7A85]

Translingual

Han character

窄 (radical 116, 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹尸 (JCHS), four-corner 3021₁, composition ⿱穴乍)

References

• KangXi: page 864, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25455
• Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2726, character 6
• Unihan data for U+7A84

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		窄

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (乍) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
作	*ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ
鲊	*ʔsraːʔ
痄	*ʔsraːʔ
厏	*ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ
詐	*ʔsraːɡs
咋	*ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ
笮	*ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
榨	*ʔsraːɡs
炸	*ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb
乍	*zraːɡs
拃	*ʔsraːnʔ
酢	*sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ
祚	*zaːɡs
胙	*zaːɡs
阼	*zaːɡs
飵	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
秨	*zaːɡs, *zaːɡ
迮	*ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
柞	*ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ
昨	*zaːɡ
怍	*zaːɡ
砟	*zaːɡ
莋	*zaːɡ
岝	*zaːɡ, *zraːɡ
鈼	*zaːɡ
筰	*zaːɡ
葃	*zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ
舴	*ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ
窄	*ʔsraːɡ
蚱	*ʔsraːɡ
齚	*zraːɡ
泎	*zraːɡ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhǎi (zhai³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chak
• Min Dong (BUC): cáh
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiak / chek

  (Teochew, Peng'im): za³

• Wu (Wiktionary): tsaq (T4)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: zhǎi
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˇ
    • Wade–Giles: chai³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jae
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zaak³
    • Yale: jaak
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: zag³
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡säːk̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chak
    • Hakka Romanization System: zag`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zag⁵
    • IPA: /t͡sak̚²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cáh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʔ²⁴/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
    • Tâi-lô: tsiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiak̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
    • Tâi-lô: tsik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɪk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: za³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsà
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sa²¹³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: tsaq (T4)
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡sa̱ʔ⁵⁵/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 窄
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂai²¹⁴/
	Harbin	/t͡sai²¹³/ /ʈ͡ʂai²¹³/
	Tianjin	/t͡sai¹³/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂei²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂe⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡sei²¹/
	Xining	/t͡sɨ⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡sə⁵³/
	Lanzhou	/ʈ͡ʂə¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡sai⁵¹/ /t͡sei⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡sɤ²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡se³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡sɛ²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡sə³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡səʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡sɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡saʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡saʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡saʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡saʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sɑʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡sa²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡saʔ²¹/ /t͡sɛʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡sa⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sə²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sæ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sɛʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian
	Taoyuan
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sak̚³/
	Nanning	/t͡sak̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sak̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sik̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sɑʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sa²¹³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/t͡sa³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ʃˠæk̚/▼

Rime
Character	窄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	莊 (18)
Final (韻)	陌 (113)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	側伯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ʃˠæk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʈ͡ʂᵚak̚/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ʃak̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʈ͡ʂaɨjk̚/
Li Rong	/t͡ʃɐk̚/
Wang Li	/t͡ʃɐk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʈ͡ʂɐk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zha

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	窄
Reading #	1/1
No.	16678
Phonetic component	乍
Rime group	鐸
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	嘖
Old Chinese	/*ʔsraːɡ/

Definitions

窄

1. narrow, tight (of rooms, pants, etc.)
2. narrow-minded

Compounds

冤家路窄 (yuānjiālùzhǎi) 匾窄 半窄 地窄路險／地窄路险 天窄地狹／天窄地狭 寬打窄用／宽打窄用 寬窄／宽窄 心窄 心胸狹窄／心胸狭窄 (xīnxiōng xiázhǎi)

泥鞋窄襪／泥鞋窄袜 狹窄／狭窄 (xiázhǎi) 窄小 (zhǎixiǎo) 窄巴 窄巷 窄弓弓 窄狹／窄狭 窄門／窄门 窄門窄戶／窄门窄户

窄韻／窄韵 窄鱉鱉／窄鳖鳖 肩膀窄 蝸窄／蜗窄 褊窄 路逢窄道 迫窄 量小氣窄／量小气窄 量窄

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Japanese

Kanji

窄

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
• Kan-on: さく (saku)
• Kun: せまい (semai, 窄い); せばめる (sebameru, 窄める); すぼめる (subomeru, 窄める); つぼめる (tsubomeru, 窄める); ほそい (hosoi, 窄い)

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Korean

Hanja

窄 • (chak) (hangeul 착, McCune–Reischauer ch'ak, Yale chak)

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Vietnamese

Han character

窄 (trách)

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