小
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[edit] Etymology
小 shows a person (人) with lowered arms, implying the meaning of small. In contrast, 大 (the character for large), symbolizes a person (人) with arms outstretched.
[edit] Han character
小 (radical 42 小+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓金 (NC), four-corner 90000)
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[edit] References
- KangXi: page 296, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7473
- Dae Jaweon: page 587, character 8
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 560, character 12
- Unihan data for U+5C0F
[edit] Cantonese
[edit] Hanzi
小 (jyutping siu2, Yale siu2)
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[edit] Noun
[edit] Prefix
- less in size or quantity, small, little, short
- less in intensity, small, light, slight
- of secondary importance, secondary, sub-
[edit] Suffix
- suffix after names of elementary schools
- 佃小 (tsukudashō): Tsukuda Elementary School
[edit] Kanji
小 (grade 1 kanji)
[edit] Readings
- On: しょう (shō)
- Kun: ちいさい (小さい, chiisai), こ (ko), お (o), さ (sa)
- Nanori: いさら (isara), こう (kō), ささ (sasa), さざ (saza), しゃお (shao), ちいさ (chiisa)
[edit] Compounds
compounds containing "小"
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[edit] Idioms
[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
小
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune-Reischauer: so, Yale: so)
- Name (hangeul): 작다 (revised: jakda, McCune-Reischauer: chakta, Yale: cakta)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Adjective
小 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiǎo)
[edit] Hanzi
小 (pinyin xiǎo (xiao3), shào (shao4), Wade-Giles shao4, hsiao3)
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[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
小 (*siɛ̌u)
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Categories: Han characters | Cantonese definitions needed | Japanese nouns | Japanese prefixes | Japanese suffixes | Grade 1 kanji | Japanese kanji | Japanese definitions needed | Korean hanja | Korean definitions needed | zh-cn:Adjectives | zh-tw:Adjectives | Mandarin adjectives | Chinese hanzi | Mandarin entries with audio links | Vietnamese Han tu | Vietnamese definitions needed
