# 窄

| 窄 | U+7A84, &#31364; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7A84 |
| ← 窃 [U+7A83] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 窅 → [U+7A85] |

## Translingual
### Han character

窄 (Kangxi radical 116, 穴+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十金竹尸 (JCHS), four-corner 3021$_1$, composition ⿱穴乍)

#### Derived characters

* 𢞲, 搾, 𣹧, 𨕠, 榨, 𰩕, 醡, 𱷑, 𥰾, 𨢛

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 864, character 14
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 25455
* Dae Jaweon: page 1292, character 12
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2726, character 6
* Unihan data for U+7A84

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 作 | *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡs, *ʔsaːɡ |
| 鲊 | *ʔsraːʔ |
| 痄 | *ʔsraːʔ |
| 厏 | *ʔsraːʔ, *zraːʔ |
| 詐 | *ʔsraːɡs |
| 咋 | *ʔsraːɡs, *zraːɡ, *ʔsreːɡ |
| 笮 | *ʔsraːɡs, *zaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ |
| 榨 | *ʔsraːɡs |
| 炸 | *ʔr'aːɡs, *zreːb |
| 乍 | *zraːɡs |
| 拃 | *ʔsraːnʔ |
| 酢 | *sʰaːɡs, *zaːɡ |
| 祚 | *zaːɡs |
| 胙 | *zaːɡs |
| 阼 | *zaːɡs |
| 飵 | *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ |
| 秨 | *zaːɡs, *zaːɡ |
| 迮 | *ʔsaːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ |
| 柞 | *ʔsaːɡ, *zaːɡ |
| 昨 | *zaːɡ |
| 怍 | *zaːɡ |
| 砟 | *zaːɡ |
| 莋 | *zaːɡ |
| 岝 | *zaːɡ, *zraːɡ |
| 鈼 | *zaːɡ |
| 筰 | *zaːɡ |
| 葃 | *zaːɡ, *zreːɡ, *zaɡ |
| 舴 | *ʔr'aːɡ, *ʔsraːɡ |
| 窄 | *ʔsraːɡ |
| 蚱 | *ʔsraːɡ |
| 齚 | *zraːɡ |
| 泎 | *zraːɡ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ʔsraːɡ) : semantic 穴 (“cave; hole”) + phonetic 乍 (OC *zraːɡs)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): zhǎi, zé (zhai$^3$, ze$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄓㄞˇ, ㄗㄜˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ze$^2$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zaak$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chak
* Eastern Min (BUC): cáh
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiak / chek
    (Teochew, Peng'im): za$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$tsaq
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhǎi
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄞˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhǎi
*** Wade–Giles: chai$^3$
*** Yale: jǎi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jae
*** Palladius: чжай (čžaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂaɪ̯²¹⁴/
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zé
*** Zhuyin: ㄗㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zé
*** Wade–Giles: tsê$^2$
*** Yale: dzé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzer
*** Palladius: цзэ (czɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɤ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ze$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: ze
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zaak$^3$
*** Yale: jaak
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzaak$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zag$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡saːk̚³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chak
*** Hakka Romanization System: zag$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: zag$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sak̚²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cáh
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɑʔ²⁴/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiak
*** Tâi-lô: tsiak
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciag
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siak̚⁵/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chek
*** Tâi-lô: tsik
*** Phofsit Daibuun: zeg
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪk̚³²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: za$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsà
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sa²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$tsaq
*** MiniDict: tsah$^入$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$tsaq
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡saʔ⁵⁵/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit窄 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /ʈ͡ʂai²¹⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡sai²¹³/ /ʈ͡ʂai²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡sai¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ʈ͡ʂei²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /ʈ͡ʂe⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ʈ͡ʂɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡sei²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡sɨ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡sə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ʈ͡ʂə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡sai⁵¹/ /t͡sei⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡sɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡se³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡sɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡sə³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡səʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡sɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡saʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡sʌʔ¹³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡saʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /t͡saʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /t͡saʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /t͡sɑʔ⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /t͡sa²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡saʔ²¹/ /t͡sɛʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡sa⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sə²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sæ²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡sɛʔ⁵/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡sak̚³/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡sak̚³³/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡sak̚³/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡sik̚³²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡sɑʔ²³/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡sɛ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡sa²¹³/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /t͡sa³⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: tsraek
Rime :
| Character | 窄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 莊 (18) |
| Final (韻) | 陌 (113) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | II |
| Fanqie | 側伯切 |
| Baxter | tsraek |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ʃˠæk̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʈ͡ʂᵚak̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ʃak̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʈ͡ʂaɨjk̚/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ʃɐk̚/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ʃɐk̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʈ͡ʂɐk̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhe |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zak$^1$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ts]ˤrak/
    (Zhengzhang): /*ʔsraːɡ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 窄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhǎi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsraek › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ts]ˁrak/ |
| English | narrow (Sagart & Ma, 2020) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 窄 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 16678 |
| Phonetic component | 乍 |
| Rime group | 鐸 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 嘖 |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔsraːɡ/ |

### Definitions

窄
* narrow; (of rooms, pants, etc.) tight
    Antonyms: 闊／阔 (kuò), 寬／宽 (kuān)
* narrow-minded
* (colloquial) badly off; hard up

#### Synonyms

* (narrow):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 狹, 隘, 窄 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 窄, 狹窄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 窄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 窄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 窄 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 窄 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 窄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 窄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 窄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 窄 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 窄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 窄 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 窄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 窄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 窄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 窄 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 窄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 窄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 狹, 窄 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 狹 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 狹 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 窄, 狹, 狹窄 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 窄, 狹 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 狹 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 狹 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 狹 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 窄 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 窄 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 狹, 窄 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 窄 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 狹 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 窄 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Wengyuan | 狹 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 窄 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 狹 |
| Hakka | Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Changting | 狹 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Yanqian) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 狹 |
| Hakka | Ningdu | 狹 |
| Hakka | Tonggu (Sandu) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Ganzhou (Panlong) | 窄 |
| Hakka | Dayu | 狹 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 窄, 狹 |
| Hakka | Yangxi (Tangkou) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Yangchun (Sanjia) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Sihe) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Xinyi (Qianpai) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Gaozhou (Xindong) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Huazhou (Xin'an) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Shijiao) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Lianjiang (Qingping) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Mengshan (Xihe) | 狹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 狹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 狹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 窄 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 窄 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 迫 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 迫 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 迫 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 狹 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 迫 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 迫 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 窄, 狹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 窄 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 狹 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 窄 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 窄 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 狹 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 狹 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 狹 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 狹 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 狹 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 隘 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 狹 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 窄 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 狹 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 狹 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 狹 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 窄 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 狹 |
* 侷促 (júcù)
* 促狹／促狭 (cùxiá) (literary)
* 局 (kio̍k) (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 狹奪／狭夺 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 狹奪奪／狭夺夺 (Hokkien)
* 狹小／狭小 (xiáxiǎo)
* 狹櫼櫼／狭櫼櫼 (Hokkien)
* 狹𤲍楔／狭𤲍楔 (Hokkien)
* 狹𤲍𤲍／狭𤲍𤲍 (Hokkien)
* 狹突突／狭突突 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 狹窄／狭窄 (xiázhǎi)
* 狹細／狭细 (Hokkien)
* 狹閉不／狭闭不 (Hokkien)
* 狹隘／狭隘 (xiá'ài)
* 窄小 (zhǎixiǎo)
* 褊狹／褊狭 (biǎnxiá) (literary)
* 逼仄 (bīzè) (literary)
* (narrow-minded):
* 促狹／促狭 (cùxiá) (literary)
* 思想不寬廣／思想不宽广 (sīxiǎng bù kuānguǎng)
* 狹促／狭促 (xiácù) (literary)
* 狹窄／狭窄 (xiázhǎi)
* 狹隘／狭隘 (xiá'ài)
* (badly off):
* 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
* 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
* 困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
* 困窮／困穷 (kùnqióng)
* 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
* 困難／困难
* 困頓／困顿 (kùndùn)
* 宋凶 (Hokkien)
* 散 (Hokkien)
* 散凶 (Hokkien)
* 散赤 (Hokkien)
* 清苦 (qīngkǔ) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
* 淡薄 (dànbó) (literary)
* 清貧／清贫 (qīngpín) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
* 㾪赤 (Hokkien)
* 磽／硗 (Teochew)
* 䆀康 (Hokkien)
* 空乏 (kòngfá) (literary)
* 窘促 (jiǒngcù) (literary)
* 窘困 (jiǒngkùn)
* 窘迫 (jiǒngpò)
* 窮／穷 (qióng)
* 窮乏／穷乏 (qióngfá) (literary)
* 窮困／穷困 (qióngkùn)
* 窮㾪／穷㾪 (Hokkien)
* 窮苦／穷苦 (qióngkǔ)
* 窮赤／穷赤 (Hokkien)
* 艱苦／艰苦 (Hokkien)
* 苦寒 (kǔhán)
* 貧乏／贫乏 (pínfá)
* 貧困／贫困 (pínkùn)
* 貧寒／贫寒 (pínhán)
* 貧瘠／贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)
* 貧窮／贫穷 (pínqióng)
* 貧苦／贫苦 (pínkǔ)

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “narrow”): 寬／宽 (kuān)

#### Compounds

* 冤家路窄 (yuānjiālùzhǎi)
* 匾窄
* 半窄
* 地窄路險／地窄路险
* 天窄地狹／天窄地狭
* 寬打窄用／宽打窄用
* 寬窄／宽窄
* 心窄
* 心胸狹窄／心胸狭窄 (xīnxiōngxiázhǎi)
* 泥鞋窄襪／泥鞋窄袜
* 狹窄／狭窄 (xiázhǎi)
* 窄小 (zhǎixiǎo)
* 窄巴
* 窄巷
* 窄弓弓
* 窄狹／窄狭
* 窄門／窄门
* 窄門窄戶／窄门窄户
* 窄韻／窄韵
* 窄鱉鱉／窄鳖鳖
* 肩膀窄
* 蝸窄／蜗窄
* 褊窄 (biǎnzhǎi)
* 路逢窄道
* 迫窄
* 量小氣窄／量小气窄
* 量窄

### References

* “窄”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゃく (shaku)
* Kan-on: さく (saku)
* Kun: せまい (semai, 窄い)、せばめる (sebameru, 窄める)、すぼめる (subomeru, 窄める)、つぼめる (tsubomeru, 窄める)、ほそい (hosoi, 窄い)

### Proper noun

* Kanji in this term
* 窄
* さこ Jinmeiyō
* irregular
窄(さこ) • (Sako)
* a surname

## Korean
### Hanja

窄 • (chak) (hangeul 착, McCune–Reischauer ch'ak, Yale chak)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

窄: Hán Nôm readings: trách, trậc
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