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Keyword
narrow
  • tight
  • narrow-minded
Frequency
#2570
Strokes
10
Readings
zhǎi
Mnemonic
穴 (cave) gives the meaning and 乍 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
窄zhǎi
narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
窄小zhǎixiǎo
narrow and small
宽窄kuānzhǎi
width; breadth
心胸狭窄xīnxiōngxiázhǎi
(idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous
冤家路窄yuānjiālùzhǎi
lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths
窄巷zhǎixiàng
narrow alley; narrow street