褊 — Chinese character

褊

biǎn

4cramped, narrow; crowded; urgent

Pinyin: biǎn
Radical: 145 ⾐ (Clothes)
Strokes: 14
Components: 衤扁
Formation: pictophonetic — cloth; meaning component 衤; sound component 扁
Japanese: 褊 as a kanji

Common words with 褊

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
褊狭 (褊狹)	biǎn xiá	narrow; small-minded

褊 in the Chinese classics

Occurrences: Mencius 2 · Zhuangzi 1

Mencius 1A.7
Mencius 3A.3
Zhuangzi Mountain Trees

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