窄 xué narrow; narrow-minded; badly off
Made up of [穴 xué cave; cavity; hole radical 116, 乍 zhà at first; suddenly; abruptly ]Made with 10 strokes.
Can be thought of as a suddenly narrowing cave, 'zha' is rough phonetic
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Also uses 穴 xué component: 空 kòng (to empty) 穷 qióng (exhausted)
Also uses 乍 zhà component: 怎 dìng (how) 炸 zhà (to explode) ; 作 zuò (to do) ; 昨 zuó (previous)
Sounds same
学 xué (study) ; 穴 xué (cave)Different tone
雪 xuě (snow)Pronunciation
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