窄 — Chinese character
窄
zhǎi
narrow, tight; narrow-minded
- Pinyin
- zhǎi
- Radical
- 116 ⽳ (Cave)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 穴 乍
- Formation
- pictophonetic — cave; meaning component 穴; sound component 乍
- Japanese
- 窄 as a kanji
Common words with 窄
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狭窄 (狹窄) | xiá zhǎi | narrow |
| 窄小 | zhǎi xiǎo | narrow and small |
| 宽窄 (寬窄) | kuān zhǎi | width; breadth |
| 心胸狭窄 (心胸狹窄) | xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi | (idiom) narrow-minded; petty; ungenerous |
| 冤家路窄 | yuān jiā lù zhǎi | lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths |
| 窄巷 | zhǎi xiàng | narrow alley; narrow street |
| 窄狭 (窄狹) | zhǎi xiá | see 狭窄 (xiá zhǎi) |
| 地窄人稠 | dì zhǎi rén chóu | see 地狭人稠 (dì xiá rén chóu) |
| 宽打窄用 (寬打窄用) | kuān dǎ zhǎi yòng | to give oneself leeway (idiom); to allow room for error |
| 尖窄 | jiān zhǎi | pointy; tapered |
| 心窄 | xīn zhǎi | narrow-minded; intolerant |
| 窄缝 (窄縫) | zhǎi fèng | narrow gap; slit |
English words written with 窄
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.