陜
xiá

narrow

The space between 夾 two hills 阝; 夾 also provides the pronunciation

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place
夾
夾 SoundMeaning component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡreːb

說文解字

隘也。从𨸏夾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)