cramped, narrow, contract, tight
狭 centers on a lack of space: something cramped, narrow, or tight. The idea of contracting or squeezing inward is a natural extension of that same spatial restriction.
狭 is the modern simplified form of 狹. It combines 犭 (animal) with 夹, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of being pressed between two sides, giving the sense of narrowness or tightness.
A dog 犭 squeezed between two sides 夹: the space is cramped and narrow, like a tight alley.
For キョウ, imagine a narrow Kyoto alley where a dog is squeezed tight: Kyoto -> キョウ, and the cramped space makes it hard to pass.
narrow; confined; small; cramped
interval; space; interstice; threshold
Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)
contraction; narrowing
narrow sense (e.g. of a word)
to narrow; to contract
narrow; small; cramped
narrow; confined; small
narrow; cramped; small-sized
angina pectoris
narrow-minded; intolerant; petty
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
narrow-mindedness; intolerance; illiberality; narrowness
narrow; small; confined
though it seems big, it's a small world
narrow
pyloric stenosis
width; width and narrowness
parochial; narrow-minded; prejudiced
narrow-minded