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Small School Elementary Short Money 小 Primary Grade

Kanji
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
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.

Tags: jlpt.n5, grade1, kanjifreq1-250, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size

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