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See also:
U+72ED, 狭
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-72ED

[U+72EC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+72EE]

Translingual[edit]

Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Etymology[edit]

Simplified from ().

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声) : semantic (dog) + phonetic () – narrow-minded, like a dog.

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 94, +6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大廿 (KHKT), composition )

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 711, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20406
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1343, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+72ED

Chinese[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of – see (“narrow; tight; narrow-minded; narrow”).
(This character is the simplified form of ).
Notes:

Japanese[edit]

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji[edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

  1. cramped
  2. narrow
  3. contract
  4. tight

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese.

Possibly the original form of se below.

Affix[edit]

() (sa

  1. narrow, small
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.[1]

Standalone form of sa above. Compare (me, ma-, eye).

Noun[edit]

() (se

  1. (archaic) narrowness
Usage notes[edit]

Used as a phrase […() ([… mo] se ni, with little space remaining [on ...]; being almost full [on ...]).

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Kanji in this term
せば
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Adjective[edit]

(せば) (seba-nari

  1. (archaic, Classical Japanese) narrow
Related terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

(せば) (seba

  1. Short for 狭縮緬 (sebachirimen /⁠せばちりめん⁠/).

References[edit]

  1. ^ ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000