隘
(bound form) narrow; (bound form) a defile; a narrow pass
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,457 U+9698
How 隘 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
阝 (semantic, “hill”) + 益 (phonetic, yì)
How to remember it
pass · Heisig RSH #2831
pinnacle + 益 benefit
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 益
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 益 (yì) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 益 sound component | yì | to profit, to benefit; advantage |
| 溢 | yì | full; overflowing |
| 缢 | yì | to hang; to strangle |
| 谥 | shì | posthumous name or title |
| 嗌 | ài | throat; to quarrel, to choke |
| 镒 | yì | a measure of weight used for gold |
Words containing 隘
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 心胸狭隘 | xīn xiōng xiá ài | narrow; petty-minded |
| 山隘 | shān ài | mountain pass |
| 隘口 | ài kǒu | mountain pass |
| 隘路 | ài lù | defile; narrow passage |
| 关隘 | guān ài | mountain pass |
| 要隘 | yào ài | strategic pass |
| 隘谷 | ài gǔ | ravine |
| 狭隘 | xiá ài | (of a path etc) narrow; (of a living space etc) cramped; (of a way of thinking, a definiti… |