xiá

narrow

The space between  two hills  also provides the pronunciation

Components
阝 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

hill, place

夾 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

jiājiájià

  

be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Evolution

陜 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
陜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
陜 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
陜 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiá

narrow; mountain pass; variant of | narrow; variant of | gorge; used erroneously for | Shaanxi