隘 — Chinese character
隘
ài
narrow, confined; a strategic pass
- Pinyin
- ài
- Radical
- 170 ⾩ (Mound)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 阝 益
- Formation
- pictophonetic — hill; meaning component 阝; sound component 益
- Japanese
- 隘 as a kanji
Common words with 隘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狭隘 (狹隘) | xiá ài | (of a path etc) narrow; (of a living space etc) cramped |
| 隘口 | ài kǒu | mountain pass |
| 心胸狭隘 (心胸狹隘) | xīn xiōng xiá ài | narrow; petty-minded |
| 关隘 (關隘) | guān ài | mountain pass |
| 要隘 | yào ài | strategic pass |
| 隘路 | ài lù | defile; narrow passage |
| 山隘 | shān ài | mountain pass |
| 隘谷 | ài gǔ | ravine |
English words written with 隘
隘 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Art of War 4 · Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 1
- Art of War 10.1
- Art of War 10.8
- Art of War 11.9
- Art of War 11.45
- Mencius 2A.9
- Zhuangzi On Declining Power
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.