小

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Noun 3.2 Prefix 3.3 Suffix 3.4 Kanji 3.4.1 Readings 3.4.2 Compounds 3.4.3 Idioms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Adjective 5.3 Hanzi 5.3.1 Compounds 6 Middle Chinese 6.1 Han character 7 Vietnamese 7.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

Stroke order

[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)

1. small, little, young, tiny, insignificant
   • Antonym: 大

[edit] Derived terms

• 尛

[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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

小 (jyutping siu2, Yale siu2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

小 (hiragana しょう, romaji shō)

1. smallness; small size, small (sometimes used as an abbreviation for small serving, etc.)

[edit] Prefix

小 (hiragana こ, romaji ko)

1. less in size or quantity, small, little, short
2. less in intensity, small, light, slight
3. of secondary importance, secondary, sub-

[edit] Suffix

小 (hiragana しょう, romaji shō)

1. 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

[edit] Idioms

• 大は小を兼ねる

  だいはしょうをかねる

  dai wa shō o kaneru

  the greater serves for the lesser

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[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)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

小 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiǎo)

1. small; tiny; few; young

[edit] Hanzi

小 (pinyin xiǎo (xiao3), shào (shao4), Wade-Giles shao⁴, hsiao³)

[edit] Compounds

小S

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

小 (*siɛ̌u)

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

小 (tiểu, tĩu)