小雪

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	snow
trad. (小雪)		小	雪
simp. #(小雪)		小	雪

Pronunciation 1

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 小雪

1. light snowfall; light snow

Antonyms

• 大雪 (dàxuě)

Pronunciation 2

Proper noun

小雪

1. 20th of the 24 solar terms.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小雪):

• → Japanese: 小雪(しょうせつ) (shōsetsu)
• → Korean: 소설(小雪) (soseol)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
小	雪
こ Grade: 1	ゆき Grade: 2
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 小雪 – see the following entry.

【こゆき】 [noun] light snowfall

(This term, 小雪, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
小	雪
しょう Grade: 1	せつ Grade: 2
on'yomi

From 小 (shō, "small," "little") + 雪 (setsu, "snow," "snowfall").

Noun

小(しょう)雪(せつ) • (shōsetsu) 

1. lit. "minor snow;" a solar term denoting approximately November 22; one of the 24 nijūshi sekki

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
小	雪

Proper noun

小雪

1. chữ Hán form of Tiểu tuyết (“lit. "minor snow;" a solar term denoting approximately November 22”).