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小 ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ- little, small 5 114 3 42 しょう・ちいさい・なおがしら・つ 象形 Pictographic A little penguin with its wings at its side.

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ショウ いさら, こう, さざ, しゃお, ちいさ 小売り(こうり): retail小包み(こづつみ): parcel; package小学校(しょうがっこう): primary school; elementary school; grade school小説(しょうせつ): novel; (short) story小学生(しょうがくせい): elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student縮小(しゅくしょう): reduction; curtailment小屋(こや): hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen小切手(こぎって): cheque; check小麦(こむぎ): wheat大小(だいしょう): (1) sizes (various); large and small (2) daisho (matched pair of long and short swords) (3) large and small drums (4) long months and short months小遣い(こづかい): pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance小児科(しょうにか): pediatrics小鳥(ことり): (1) small bird; songbird (2) birdie; dickeybird; dickybird小指(こゆび): (1) little finger; pinky (2) little toe小さい(ちいさい): small; little; tiny小柄(こがら): (1) small build; small stature; petite (2) small pattern小便(しょうべん): urine; piss; pee小数(しょうすう): fraction (part of); decimal fraction小銭(こぜに): coins; small change小(しょう): (1) smallness; small item (2) short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) (3) elementary school (4) younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name) (5) unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)小さな(ちいさな): small; little; tiny小(こ): (1) small; little; slight (2) slightly less than; just about (3) somewhat; somehow (4) minor (sometimes derogatory); petty小母さん(おばさん): old lady; ma'am (vocative) 1 小: small, insignificant, small radical (no. 42) 小 3 (none) little A depressed child, head low and arms hung low, because he´s too little to ride the roller coaster.

Kanji	小
Onyomi	ショウ
Kunyomi	ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ-
Nanori	いさら, こう, さざ, しゃお, ちいさ
English	little, small
Examples	小売り(こうり): retail 小包み(こづつみ): parcel; package 小学校(しょうがっこう): primary school; elementary school; grade school 小説(しょうせつ): novel; (short) story 小学生(しょうがくせい): elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student 縮小(しゅくしょう): reduction; curtailment 小屋(こや): hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen 小切手(こぎって): cheque; check 小麦(こむぎ): wheat 大小(だいしょう): (1) sizes (various); large and small (2) daisho (matched pair of long and short swords) (3) large and small drums (4) long months and short months 小遣い(こづかい): pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance 小児科(しょうにか): pediatrics 小鳥(ことり): (1) small bird; songbird (2) birdie; dickeybird; dickybird 小指(こゆび): (1) little finger; pinky (2) little toe 小さい(ちいさい): small; little; tiny 小柄(こがら): (1) small build; small stature; petite (2) small pattern 小便(しょうべん): urine; piss; pee 小数(しょうすう): fraction (part of); decimal fraction 小銭(こぜに): coins; small change 小(しょう): (1) smallness; small item (2) short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) (3) elementary school (4) younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name) (5) unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) 小さな(ちいさな): small; little; tiny 小(こ): (1) small; little; slight (2) slightly less than; just about (3) somewhat; somehow (4) minor (sometimes derogatory); petty 小母さん(おばさん): old lady; ma'am (vocative)
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	1
Frequency	114
Components	小: small, insignificant, small radical (no. 42)
Number of Strokes	3
Kanji Radical	小
Radical Number	42
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	しょう・ちいさい・なおがしら・つ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	little
Koohii Story 1	A little penguin with its wings at its side.
Koohii Story 2	A depressed child, head low and arms hung low, because he´s too little to ride the roller coaster.

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