Japanese symbol for “narrowing”
狭窄
きょうさく
Romaji: kyousaku
contraction; narrowing
In Japanese, narrowing is 狭窄, read きょうさく (kyousaku).
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Meanings
- adj-na, n, vi contraction; narrowing
- n stricture; stenosis (med)
Written forms: 狭窄、狭さく. Readings: きょうさく.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “narrowing”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 先鋭化 | せんえいか sen'eika | sharpening (e.g. of an image); narrowing (of a peak) |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 狭い | せまい semai | narrow; confined; small |
| 狭間 | はざま hazama | gap; narrow space between things; interstice |
| 偏狭 | へんきょう henkyou | narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality |
| 狭める | せばめる sebameru | to narrow; to reduce; to contract |
| 狭心症 | きょうしんしょう kyoushinshou | angina pectoris |
| 手狭 | てぜま tezema | narrow; small; cramped |
| 窄める | すぼめる subomeru | to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders) |
| 幽門狭窄 | ゆうもんきょうさく yuumonkyousaku | pyloric stenosis |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.