() - A small, cramped, or narrow house & a small room or hut.

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yā | 8 strokes | radical: 广

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A small, cramped, or narrow house;

a small room or hut.

A small, cramped, or narrow housea small room or hut.

Usage highlights

small housenarrow roomcramped huttiny dwellingsmall building

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Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He lived in a small hut (庘屋).
  • The room was cramped and narrow (庘窄).
  • They built a simple shack (庘舍).

Collocations

  • small house(庘屋)
  • narrow room(庘室)
  • cramped hut(庘舍)
  • tiny dwelling(庘居)
  • small building(庘宇)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • 庘 is an archaic character describing modest, small-scale dwellings.
  • It reflects historical living conditions where many people resided in simple, confined spaces.

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