束狭
shù​xiá

narrow

束 shù bind

Pictograph of a bag tied at both ends.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 5 verified)

速悚涑觫欶

Meaning (1)

柬

Unknown (1)

敕

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyowks-tʰok bind; bundle

說文解字

《說文》：“束，縛也。从囗、木。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

狭 xiá narrow Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 夹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 狹.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

夹
夹 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

狹 xiá narrow Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 夾 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

夾
夾 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthɛpN-kˤ<r>epnarrow
Zhengzhangɡreːb
Unicodehæp

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica