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狭 — cramped, narrow, contract

N2 9 strokes #1346 most common

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Readings

音 キョウ、コウ
訓 せまい、せばめる、せばまる、さ
Meaning cramped, narrow, contract, tight
नेपाली साँघुरो

How to remember it

कुकुर (犭けものへん) दुई जना मानिस (夾きょう) को बीचको साँघुरो (狭せまい) ठाउँबाट छिर्न खोज्दैछ।

Parts it is built from

Learn it in a course

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Practice sheets

A4 grid to print and write on.

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Words using 狭

  • 狭せまい narrow साँघुरो course
  • 手狭てぜま cramped/narrow ठाउँ साँघुरो हुनु course
  • 狭せまき門もん narrow gate/difficult barrier कठिन प्रवेश/साँघुरो ढोका course
  • 狭せばまる to narrow/contract साँघुरिनु course
  • 狭せばめる to narrow, to reduce, to contract dictionary
  • 狭心症きょうしんしょう angina pectoris dictionary
  • 偏狭へんきょう narrow-mindedness, intolerance, illiberality dictionary
  • 狭間はざま gap, narrow space between things, interstice dictionary

Example sentences

This room is a little narrow.
यो कोठा अलिकति साँघुरो छ।
The road is too narrow for cars to pass.
बाटो साँघुरो भएर गाडी जान सक्दैन।
Passing the entrance exam for that university is a narrow gate.
त्यो विश्वविद्यालयमा पास हुनु साँघुरो ढोका (कठिन) हो।