U+72ED "狭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+72ED "狭" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning narrow, cramped, or confined in both physical and metaphorical senses. It is composed of the radical for dog or beast on the left, which suggests a connection to animals or wildness, and a phonetic component on the right that contributes to its pronunciation as "xiá" in Mandarin. This character appears in compounds like "狭小" meaning narrow and small, and "狭路相逢" describing a confrontation on a narrow path, reflecting its use in spatial, abstract, and idiomatic contexts. As part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, it is shared across Chinese, Japanese, and Korean writing systems, where it maintains similar meanings and plays a role in expressing concepts of limitation or tightness in various cultural settings.