窄 Strokes Write it Listen 窄 zhǎi narrow; narrow-minded; badly off HSK 7–9 10 strokes Radical 穴 Sound + meaning 2 words Built from穴meaningxuécave, den, hole乍soundzhàfirst time, for the first time, suddenly How it works穴 hints at the meaning (cave), and 乍 zhà hints at the sound.