狭

Simplified from 狹 (夾 → 夹).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 犭 (“dog”) + phonetic 夹 () – narrow-minded, like a dog.

狭 (Kangxi radical 94, 犬+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 大竹大廿 (KHKT), composition ⿰犭夹)

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• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 711, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20406
• Dae Jaweon: page 1123, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1343, character 10
• Unihan data for U+72ED

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 狹)

1. cramped
2. narrow
3. contract
4. tight

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←げふ (gefu, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←かふ (kafu, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)^{←けふ (kefu, historical)}
• Kun: せ (se, 狭)、せまい (semai, 狭い, Jōyō)、せば (seba, 狭)、せばい (sebai, 狭い)、せばまる (sebamaru, 狭まる, Jōyō)、せばめる (sebameru, 狭める, Jōyō)、さ (sa, 狭)

• 狭心症(きょうしんしょう) (kyōshinshō): heart attack

From Old Japanese.

Possibly the original form of se below.

狭(さ) • (sa) 

1. narrow, small

• 狭(さ)物(もの) (samono)
• 狭(さ)織(おり) (saori)
• 狭(さ)し (sashi)

From Old Japanese. Attested in the Man'yōshū of circa 759 CE.^[1]

Standalone form of sa above. Compare 目 (me, ma-, “eye”).

狭(せ) • (se) 

1. (archaic) narrowness

Used as a phrase ［…も］狭(せ)に (［… mo］ se ni, “with little space remaining ; being almost full ”).

• 狭(せ)し (seshi)

狭(せば) • (seba) ^†-nari

1. (archaic, Classical Japanese) narrow

• 狭(せば)い (sebai)

狭(せば) • (seba) 

1. Short for 狭縮緬 (sebachirimen /⁠せばちりめん⁠/).