小
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Translingual[edit]
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Phonosemantic interpretation[edit]
Old Chinese Initial /*s-/ lends semantic value Small/Thin/Slender. vowel /*-o-/ lends semantic value Curvature or Curve and surround/envelop. Pictogram (象形) of small and curled, whittled shavings → small; little; infant; a little bit. Source: Howell & Morimoto
Etymology[edit]
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.
Han character[edit]
小 (radical 42 小+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓金 (NC), four-corner 90000)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- 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
Cantonese[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
小 (jyutping siu2, Yale siu2)
Hakka[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
小 (POJ síau, Guangdong siau3; seu3 [Siyan], Hagfa Pinyim seu3)
References[edit]
- CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
- Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
- Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.
Japanese[edit]
Noun[edit]
Prefix[edit]
- less in size or quantity, small, little, short
- less in intensity, small, light, slight
- of secondary importance, secondary, sub-
- infant
Related terms[edit]
Suffix[edit]
- suffix after names of elementary schools
- 佃小
- つくだしょう
tsukudashō - Tsukuda Elementary School
- つくだしょう
- 佃小
Kanji[edit]
Readings[edit]
- 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)
Compounds[edit]
compounds containing "小"
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Idioms[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
小
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune-Reischauer: so, Yale: so)
- Name (hangeul): 작다 (revised: jakda, McCune-Reischauer: chakta, Yale: cakta)
Mandarin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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audio (file)
Adjective[edit]
小 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xiǎo)
Hanzi[edit]
小 (pinyin xiǎo (xiao3), shào (shao4), Wade-Giles hsiao3, shao4)
Compounds[edit]
Middle Chinese[edit]
Han character[edit]
小 (*siɛ̌u)
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
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