Kanji
N1 9 strokes Grade 8 freq #1346

cramped, narrow, contract, tight

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

dog inu

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

angina pectoris
narrow; small
gap; narrow space between things
narrow-mindedness; intolerance
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate
to narrow; to reduce
to narrow; to contract
narrow; confined

Example sentences

The river suddenly narrows at this point.

The gap between them has narrowed.

He complains of the room being so small.

He complained of his room being small.