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xiá

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xiá Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xiá | xia2
English translation
narrow, limited; narrow-minded

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About xiá

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

xiá

Contains the radical

quǎn

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

dog

Etymology of xiá

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

犭夾

Semantic compound

quǎn

Phonetic compound

jiā

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. quǎn represents the meaning and jiā represents the sound. Simplified form of xiá .

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Words with xiá

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
狭窄 xiázhǎi narrow狹窄
xiá narrow xiá
狭小 xiá xiǎo narrow狹小
狭隘 xiáài narrow狹隘
狭长 xiá cháng long and narrow狹長
狭义 xiá yì narrow sense狹義
狭路相逢 xiá lù xiāng féng fig. enemies or rivals meet face to face狹路相逢
偏狭 piān xiá prejudiced偏狹
窄狭 zhǎi xiá narrow窄狹
褊狭 biǎn xiá narrow褊狹

xiá Decomposition & Compounds

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