Hanja Analyzer
窄

窄 — chak

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
좁을 착
Romanization
chak
English
narrow, tight; narrow-minded
Mandarin
zhǎi
Japanese on'yomi
サク, シャク
Japanese kun'yomi
すぼ.める つぼ.める せま.い
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
10
Radical
穴 (116, 5 residual)
Phonetic component
乍
Unicode
U+7A84

Parts that make up 窄

  • 穴 굴 혈 파 놓은 굴 입구구멍과 굴, 파인 곳
  • 乍 잠깐 사sound 나무를 찍는 도끼‘사·작·조’ 계열의 소리

How 窄 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 窄 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 穴, 乍.

Korean example words with 窄

  • 협착하다狹窄 Korean gloss: 처하여 있는 사정이나 형편이 매우 어렵다
  • 착수窄袖 Korean gloss: 좁은 소매.
  • 축착縮窄 Korean gloss: 혈관의 벽이 눌려서 들러붙은 상태.
  • 착소하다窄小 Korean gloss: 좁고 작다.
  • 착박窄迫 Korean gloss: ‘착박하다’의 어근.
  • 양착하다量窄 Korean gloss: 음식이나 술을 먹는 양이 적다.
  • 협착재해狹窄災害 Korean gloss: 노동 과정에서, 기계 따위에 신체의 일부가 끼어서 근로자에게 생긴 신체상의 재해
  • 재협착再狹窄 Korean gloss: 심장 판막의 교정 수술 후 막힘이 재발하는 일.
  • 협착탄狹窄彈 Korean gloss: 장약(裝藥)을 적게 넣어 협착사격에 쓰는 모의탄.
  • 협착증狹窄症 Korean gloss: 심장 또는 혈관의 판막(瓣膜)이나 관이 좁아지는 병.
  • 협착성狹窄性 Korean gloss: 어떤 관 또는 관의 구멍이 좁아지는 것과 관련된 성질.
  • 위축착僞縮窄 Korean gloss: 동맥관 인대가 삽입되는 위치의 대동맥궁이 일그러지고 좁아지는 현상.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 窄

  • 狭窄きょうさく contraction; narrowing; stricture
  • 窄むすぼむ to get narrower; to contract
  • 窄めるすぼめる to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders)
  • 窄まるすぼまる to get narrower; to contract
  • 幽門狭窄ゆうもんきょうさく pyloric stenosis
  • 視野狭窄しやきょうさく narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
  • 血管狭窄けっかんきょうさく angiostenosis
  • 椎間孔狭窄ついかんこうきょうさく vertebral canal stenosis
  • 頸動脈狭窄症けいどうみゃくきょうさくしょう carotid stenosis; carotid artery stenosis
  • 脊柱管狭窄症せきちゅうかんきょうさくしょう spinal canal stenosis
  • 肺動脈弁狭窄症はいどうみゃくべんきょうさくしょう pulmonary valve stenosis
  • 屁をひって尻窄めへをひってしりつぼめ there is no use shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted; squeezing your buttocks after you have farted

Characters sharing the phonetic 乍

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “착”

Other hanja with radical 穴

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