Memory phrase for the character: 窄

窄

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Meaning narrow, narrow-minded, badly off

Pronunciation

zhǎi

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), bottom: suddenly 乍 (The saw 乍 fells [the tree] suddenly.)

Mnemonic
 
(Unlike an axe, which chopes out a wedge.) The cavity (= slit or notch) made by a saw is narrow.

Radicals

穴 cave
乍 suddenly, for the first timeThis radical is understood to display a saw.
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 Vocabulary

狭窄 xiá zhǎi  narrow
宽窄 kuān zhǎi  width; breadth
窄缝 zhǎi fèng  narrow gap; slit
窄巷 zhǎi xiàng  narrow alley; narrow street
窄巷 zhǎi xiàng  

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