小

小	U+5C0F, 小 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C0F

← 導
[U+5C0E]

CJK Unified Ideographs

尐 →
[U+5C10]

⼩	U+2F29, ⼩ KANGXI RADICAL SMALL

← ⼨
[U+2F28]

Kangxi Radicals

⼪ →
[U+2F2A]

සර්ව භාෂාමය

Stroke order

Stroke order

හන් අනුලක්ෂණය

See images of
Radical 42 小

小 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 弓金 (NC), four-corner 9000₀, composition ⿻亅八)

සැකිල්ල:mul-kangxi radical-def
Shuowen Jiezi radical №15

ව්‍යුත්පන්න අනුලක්ෂණ

Appendix:Chinese radical/小
𠃝, 仦, 𫭚, 孙, 𢖹, 㭂, 毜, 𥾗, 䚱, 𨈓, 釥, 𢮬, 𬂸, 𩵖, 𪨤, 𢑐, 𢖿, 𣁂, 𥃻, 㕾, 𣅱, 𧈨, 覍, 𧴪, 雀, 𣫶, 𩾟
示, 厼, 夵, 糸, 䒕, 𣌢, 京, 亰, 県, 𡱵, 𦯝, 𭐗, 𠩤, 齋(斎), 𨳒(𮤭), 𡆧, 𡶿, 𧵁, 𤸨

වැඩිදුර් කියවීම සඳහා

Kangxi ශබ්දකෝෂය: පිටුව 296, අනුලක්ෂණය 18
Dai Kanwa Jiten: අනුලක්ෂණය 7473
Dae Jaweon: පිටුව 587, අනුලක්ෂණය 8
Hanyu Da Zidian (පළමුවන සංස්කරණය): වෙලුම 1, පිටුව 560, අනුලක්ෂණය 12
Unihan data for U+5C0F

චීන

simp. and trad.		小
alternative forms		𡮐 ancient

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 小
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
觘
抄	sm̥ʰreːw, sm̥ʰreːws
鈔
訬
炒
吵	sm̥ʰreːwʔ, mewʔ
耖
仯	*sm̥ʰreːws
眇
渺
杪	*mewʔ
秒
篎
妙	*mews
玅
釥
小	*smewʔ
少	hmjewʔ, hmjews
麨
尠	senʔ, smos

Two possible interpretations:

Ideogram (指事) – three small dots > small.
Pictogram (象形) – three granules of sand – original character of 沙 (OC *sraːl, *sraːls) > small.

Starting from some bronze inscriptions, the dots have become elongated. Based on this form, Shuowen erroneously considers it to be an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 八 (“to divide; to separate”) + 丨 (“small object”).

Compare with 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews), represented by four dots in its oracle bone script form.

නිරුක්තිය 1

Often thought to be related to 少 (OC *hmjewʔ, *hmjews) (e.g. Wang, 1982), but Schuessler (2007) points out that the alternation between Middle චීන /s-/ and /ɕ-/ within a word family is exceptional.

උච්චාරණය

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): xiǎo (xiao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): xiao³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): щё (xi͡o, II)
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): siu²

(Taishan, Wiktionary): lhiau²
Gan (Wiktionary): xieu³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): séu

(Meixian, Guangdong): xiau³
Jin (Wiktionary): xiau²
Northern Min (KCR): siǎu
Eastern Min (BUC): siēu
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sió / siáu

(Teochew, Peng'im): siê² / sio² / siao² / siou²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵shiau / ³siau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): siau³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³
  - Yale: syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: xiao³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xiao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiau⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: щё (xi͡o, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɔː⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu²
  - Yale: síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: lhiau²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬiau⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: xieu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiɛu²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu
  - Hakka Romanization System: seu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: seu³
  - Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: xiau³
  - Sinological IPA: /ɕiau³¹/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: xiau²
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /ɕiau⁵³/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: siǎu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siau²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: siēu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sieu³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sió
  - Tâi-lô: sió
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sioir
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɕio⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ɕio⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siáu
  - Tâi-lô: siáu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siao
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiau⁴¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /ɕiau⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /ɕiau⁵³/

Note:

sió - vernacular;
siáu - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: siê² / sio² / siao² / siou²
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sié / sió / siáu / sióu
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /sie⁵²/, /sio⁵²/, /siau⁵²/, /siou⁵²/

Note:

siê2/sio2 - vernacular;
siao2/siou2 - literary.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵shiau
  - MiniDict: shiau^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²xiau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕiɔ³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³siau
  - MiniDict: siau^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /siæ⁵¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: siau³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /sɪ̯ɒu̯⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕɪ̯ɒu̯⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: /siᴇu^X/

Rime
Character	小
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)
Final (韻)	宵 (91)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	私兆切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/siᴇu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/siɛu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/sjæu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/siaw^X/
Li Rong	/siɛu^X/
Wang Li	/sĭɛu^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/si̯ɛu^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	siu²

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ewʔ/

(Zhengzhang): /*smewʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	小
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ sjew^X ›
Old Chinese	/*[s]ewʔ/
English	small
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	小
Reading #	1/1
No.	13705
Phonetic component	小
Rime group	宵
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	小
Old Chinese	/*smewʔ/
Notes	甲金文象沙而指小，指事字

Definitions

小

small, tiny, little
小孩 ― xiǎohái ― child

Antonym: 大
minor, petty
briefly, for a short while
小憩 ― xiǎoqì ― brief rest
slightly, a little
young
小狗 ― xiǎogǒu ― puppy

小貓／小猫 ― xiǎomāo ― kitten

小羊 ― xiǎoyáng ― lamb

這嬰兒太小了，不能自己吃東西。 [MSC, trad.]
这婴儿太小了，不能自己吃东西。 [MSC, simp.]
Zhè yīng'ér tài xiǎo le, bù néng zìjǐ chī dōngxī. [Pinyin]
The baby is too young to feed itself.

Antonym: 老
(the) youngest
小兒子／小儿子 ― xiǎo'érzǐ ― youngest son
a young person; child, kid, baby
一家老小 ― yījiālǎoxiǎo ― the entire family, old and young
Prefix used in front of family name to indicate informality or affection (for young people, 老 for elder people).
For example, Someone called 李國寶／李国宝 can be called 小李.
(humble) my, our
小弟 ― xiǎodì ― [humble] I

小女 ― xiǎonǚ ― [humble] my daughter

小的 ― xiǎode ― [humble] I
සැකිල්ල:zh-abbrev
1. Used in the abbreviation of the name of a primary school.
  二小 ― Èr Xiǎo ― No. 2 Primary School
2. Used with a number to indicate the level of primary education.
  小一 ― xiǎoyī ― P1 (first year in primary school)
(dialectal) concubine

සමාන පද

Dialectal synonyms of 小 (“small”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小
Mandarin	Beijing	小
	Taiwan	小
	Tianjin	小
	Harbin	小
	Jinan	小
	Wanrong	小
	Xi'an	小, 碎
	Yinchuan	小
	Xining	小, 尕
	Ürümqi	小, 尕
	Wuhan	小
	Chengdu	小
	Guiyang	小
	Guilin	小
	Liuzhou	小
	Yangzhou	小
	Nanjing	小
	Hefei	小
	Malaysia	小
	Singapore	小
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細
	Hong Kong	細
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	細
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	細
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	細
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	細
	Macau	細
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	細
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	細
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	細
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	細
	Foshan	細
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	細
	Foshan (Shunde)	細
	Foshan (Sanshui)	細
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	細
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	細
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	細
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	細
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	細
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	細
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	細
	Taishan	細
	Kaiping (Chikan)	細
	Enping (Niujiang)	細
	Heshan (Yayao)	細
	Dongguan	細
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	細
	Qingyuan	細
	Fogang	細
	Yingde (Hanguang)	細
	Yangshan	細
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	細
	Shaoguan	細
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	細
	Renhua	細
	Lechang	細
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	細
	Sihui	細
	Guangning	細
	Deqing	細
	Huaiji	細
	Yunfu	細
	Xinxing	細
	Luoding	細
	Yunan (Pingtai)	細
	Yangjiang	細
	Xinyi	細
	Maoming (Xinpo)	細
	Lianjiang	細
	Nanning	細
	Wuzhou	細, 𱒃
	Yulin	𱒃
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	𱒃
	Hepu (Shatian)	𱒃
	Guiping	細, 小
	Guiping (Mule)	𱒃
	Pingnan	細
	Mengshan (Xihe)	細
	Guigang (Gangcheng)	細
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	細
	Guigang (Pingdong)	細
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	細
	Baise	細
Bobai	細
Lingshan	細
Pubei	細
Qinzhou	細
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)	𱒃
Beihai	細
Beihai (Nankang)	細
Beihai (Yingpan)	𱒃
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	細
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	細, 小
Ningming	細
Hengzhou	細
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	細
Danzhou	細
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	細
Singapore (Guangfu)	細
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	細
Móng Cái	細
Gan	Nanchang	細, 小
	Lichuan	細, 小
	Pingxiang	細, 小
Hakka	Meixian	細, 小
	Xingning	細
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	細
	Huiyang	細
	Huidong (Daling)	細
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	細
	Boluo (Bendihua)	細
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	細
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	小
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	細
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	細
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	細
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	細
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	細
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	細
	Conghua (Lütian)	細
	Jiexi	細
	Changting	細
	Wuping	細
	Wuping (Pingyu)	細
	Liancheng	細
	Ninghua	小
	Yudu	細
	Ruijin	細
	Shicheng	細
	Shangyou (Shexi)	細
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細
	Hong Kong	細
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	小
	Mashan (Pianlian)	細
	Senai (Huiyang)	細
Huizhou	Jixi	小
Jin	Taiyuan	小
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	嫩, 細
	Changle	嫩
	Fuqing	嫩
	Yongtai	嫩
	Gutian	嫩
	Fu'an	嫩
	Ningde	嫩
	Shouning	嫩
	Zhouning	細
	Fuding	嫩, 細
	Matsu	嫩
Southern Min	Xiamen	細
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	細
	Quanzhou	細
	Jinjiang	細
	Nan'an	細
	Hui'an	細
	Anxi	細
	Yongchun	細
	Dehua	細
	Zhangzhou	細
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	細
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	細
	Hua'an	細
	Nanjing	細
	Pinghe	細
	Zhangpu	細
	Yunxiao	細
	Zhao'an	細
	Dongshan	細
	Taipei	小, 細
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	小, 細
	Kaohsiung	小, 細
	Yilan	小, 細
	Changhua (Lukang)	小, 細
	Taichung	小, 細
	Tainan	小, 細
	Hsinchu	小, 細
	Kinmen	小
	Penghu (Magong)	小
	Penang (Hokkien)	細
	Singapore (Hokkien)	細
	Manila (Hokkien)	細
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	細
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	小
	Chaozhou	細
	Shantou	細
	Shantou (Chenghai)	細
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	細
	Jieyang	細
	Haifeng	細
	Bangkok (Teochew)	細
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	細
	Singapore (Teochew)	細
	Batam (Teochew)	細
	Pontianak (Teochew)	細
	Leizhou	細
	Wenchang	細, 孧
	Haikou	細, 孧
	Qionghai	孧
	Singapore (Hainanese)	孧, 細
Puxian Min	Putian	細
Puxian Min	Xianyou	細
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細
	Nanning (Shajing)	細
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	細
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Chaoyang)	細
	Guilin (Zhuyuan)	細
	Lingchuan (Tanxia)	細
Wu	Shanghai	小
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小
	Suzhou	小
	Danyang	小
	Hangzhou	小
	Ningbo	小
	Wenzhou	小, 瑣
	Lishui	細
	Jinyun	巧
	Jinhua	小
Xiang	Changsha	細, 小
	Loudi	小
	Shuangfeng	細
	Quanzhou	小
	Guanyang (Wenshi)	小

Dialectal synonyms of 妾 (“concubine”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		妾, 姬, 媵, 妾媵, 媵妾, 侍妾, 姬妾, 側室, 偏室, 姑娘
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		妾, 偏房
Mandarin	Beijing	小太太兒, 小婆婆兒, 小奶奶兒, 小的兒
	Taiwan	小老婆, 姨太太
	Harbin	小老婆
	Yantai (Muping)	小老婆兒, 小婆子
	Jinan	小老婆
	Luoyang	小老婆兒
	Wanrong	小婆子
	Xi'an	小婆子, 小
	Yinchuan	小老婆, 小
	Lanzhou	小老婆
	Ürümqi	小老婆
	Wuhan	小堂客, 小, 姨太太
	Chengdu	小老婆, 小婆子
	Guiyang	小婆娘, 姨太太
	Liuzhou	小的, 小, 小老婆, 小婆
	Xuzhou	小的兒, 小的, 小兒, 小點子, 小婆兒, 小婆子, 庶夫人
	Nanjing	小老婆
	Singapore	小老婆
Cantonese	Guangzhou	細婆, 妾侍
	Hong Kong	細婆, 妾侍
	Dongguan	細婆
Gan	Nanchang	小老婆, 小
	Lichuan	小婆
	Pingxiang	小老婆, 小婆子
Hakka	Meixian	小婆
	Yudu	小老婆
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細姐仔, 細婆, 偏房
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細姐, 細姨, 偏房
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細姐, 細婆, 偏房
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細姨, 偏房
Huizhou	Jixi	細老嫗
Jin	Taiyuan	小老婆, 姨娘, 姨太太
Jin	Xinzhou	小婆子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	小嬤
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細婆 non-face-to-face, 細姐：face-to-face, 姨太 older, 姑娘 younger, face to face
Southern Min	Xiamen	細姨
	Quanzhou	細姨
	Jinjiang	細姨
	Zhangzhou	細姨
	Taipei	細姨
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	細姨
	Kaohsiung	細姨
	Yilan	細姨
	Changhua (Lukang)	細姨
	Taichung	細姨
	Tainan	細姨
	Hsinchu	細姨
	Kinmen	細姨
	Penghu (Magong)	細姨
	Manila (Hokkien)	細姨
	Leizhou	細娘
	Haikou	細姩, 細老婆, 孧老婆, 細
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	細婆
Wu	Shanghai	小老媽, 小老婆, 小娘子, 偏房
	Shanghai (Chongming)	小老婆, 小老官, 姨太太
	Suzhou	小老媽
	Danyang	小老媽
	Hangzhou	小老婆
	Ningbo	小老𡢿
	Wenzhou	姨娘, 姨娘兒
	Jinhua	小老婆, 小婆
Xiang	Changsha	小婆子, 小堂客
Xiang	Loudi	小

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (小):

→ ජපන්: 小(しょう) (shō)
→ කොරියානු: 소(小) (so)
→ වියට්නාම: tiểu (小)

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උච්චාරණය

Cantonese (Jyutping): siu²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: siu²
  - Yale: síu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵/

Definitions

小

(Cantonese, minced oath) A euphemism of 屌 (“to fuck”).
小你！ [Guangzhou Cantonese] ― siu² nei⁵! [Jyutping] ― Duck you!

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උච්චාරණය

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎo (xiao³)

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siâu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎo
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³
  - Yale: syǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheau
  - Palladius: сяо (sjao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siâu
  - Tâi-lô: siâu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siaau
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiau¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕiau²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiau²³/

Definitions

小

(chiefly Taiwan, vulgar) 潲 (“siâu”)යන යෙදුමෙහි වෙනත් ආකාරයකි. , chiefly used in 三小.

මූලාශ්‍ර

“小”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function චීන අනුලක්ෂණ දත්ත සමුදාය)‎^[1], 香港中文大學／香港中文大学 (හොංකොං චීන විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය), 2014–

ජපන්

කන්ජි

小

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
Kun: ちいさい (chīsai, 小さい, Jōyō)^{←ちひさい (tifisai, 小さい, historical)}; こ (ko, 小, Jōyō); お (o, 小, Jōyō)^{←を (wo, 小, historical)}; さ (sa, 小)
Nanori: いさら (isara); こう (kō); ささ (sasa); さざ (saza); ちいさ (chīsa)^{←ちひさ (tifisa, historical)}

Compounds

小陰唇(しょういんしん) (shōinshin, “labia minora”)
小(しょう)国(こく) (shōkoku, “small nation”)
小(しょう)説(せつ) (shōsetsu, “novel”)
小前(しょうぜん)庭腺(ていせん) (shōzen teisen, “Skene's gland”)
小(しょう)額(がく) (shōgaku, “small sum”)
小(しょう)アジア (Shō-Ajia, “Asia Minor”)
小(しょう)規(き)模(ぼ) (shōkibo, “small-scale”)
小(しょう)東(とう)京(きょう) (Shō-Tōkyō, “mini Tokyo”)
小(しょう)数(すう) (shōsū, “decimal”)
小(しょう)差(さ) (shōsa, “slight difference”)
小(しょう)冊(さっ)子(し) (shōsasshi, “pamphlet”)
小(しょう)児(に) (shōni, “infant”)
小(しょう)銃(じゅう) (shōjū, “rifle”)
小(しょう)人(にん) (shōnin, “child”)
小(しょう)選(せん)挙(きょ)区(く) (shō-senkyoku, “small electoral district”)
小(しょう)品(ひん) (shōhin, “essay”)
小量(しょうりょう) (shōryō, “small dose”)
小(しょう)惑(わく)星(せい) (shōwakusei, “asteroid”)
大(だい)小(しょう) (daishō, “size”)
縮小(しゅくしょう) (shukushō, “reduction”)
中小(ちゅうしょう) (chūshō, “small to medium”)
最(さい)小(しょう) (saishō, “minimum”)
小(しょう)事(じ) (shōji, “trifle”)
小(しょう)学(がく) (shōgaku, “elementary school”)
小(しょう)康(こう) (shōkō, “lull”)
小(しょう)便(べん) (shōben, “urine”)
過(か)小(しょう)評(ひょう)価(か) (kashō-hyōka, “underestimation”)
小(しょう)一(いち) (shōichi, “first-year elementary student”)
同(どう)小(しょう) (dōshō, “said elementary school”)
小豆(あずき) (azuki, “adzuki bean”)
小火(ぼや) (boya, “small fire”)
袋(ふくろ)小(こう)路(じ) (fukurokōji, “blind alley”)

අමතර අවධානයට

小(ちい)さな (chīsa na, “small”)

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

/seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/

From Middle චීන 小 (MC siᴇu^X).

The suffix sense is a clipping of 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”).

උච්චාරණය

(Tokyo) しょー [shóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɕo̞ː]

නාම පදය

小(しょう) (shō) ^{←せう (seu)^?}

smallness; small size, small (sometimes used as an abbreviation for small serving, etc.)
小の月 (shō no tsuki)Short for .
(historical) during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, a unit of field area equal to around 400 square metres (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
100 square footsteps before the Taikō land survey, and 120 square footsteps after

විරුද්ධ පද

大(だい) (dai, “largeness”)

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

小(しょう)の月(つき) (shō no tsuki, month with 30 days or less)

Idioms

大(だい)は小(しょう)を兼(か)ねる (dai wa shō o kaneru, “The greater serves the lesser.”)

Coordinate terms

සැකිල්ල:sense-lite
- 大(だい) (dai, 200/240 square footsteps)
- 半(はん) (han, 150/180 square footsteps; about 595.8m²)
- 小(しょう) (shō, 100/120 square footsteps; about 400m²)

උපසර්ගය

小(しょう) (shō-) ^{←せう (seu-)^?}

small, little

ප්‍රත්‍යය

小(しょう) (-shō) ^{←せう (-seu)^?}

suffix after names of elementary schools
佃(つくだ)小(しょう)
tsukuda-shō
Tsukuda Elementary School

සංඥා නාම පදය

小(しょう) (Shō) ^{←せう (Seu)^?}

පෙළපත් නාමයක්

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

/ko₁/ → /ko/

From the Old ජපන් stem こ (ko-). Cognate with 子 (ko, “child”).

උපසර්ගය

小(こ) (ko-)

less in size or quantity, small, little, short
less in intensity, small, light, slight
of secondary importance, secondary, sub-
infant

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

小(こ)石(いし) (koishi, “pebble”)
小(こ)牛(うし) (kōshi, “calf”)
小(こ)唄(うた) (kōta, “ballad”)
小(こ)売(うり) (kōri, “retail”)
小(こ)枝(えだ) (koeda, “twig”)
小(こ)型(がた) (kogata, “tiny”)
小(こ)刀(がたな) (kogatana, “small knife”)
小(こ)刻(きざ)み (kokizami, “bit by bit”)
小(こ)切(ぎっ)手(て) (kogitte, “check”)
小(こ)口(ぐち) (koguchi, “small amount”)
小(こ)声(ごえ) (kogoe, “whisper”)
小(こ)言(ごと) (kogoto, “scolding”)
小(こ)さじ (kosaji, “teaspoon”)
小(こ)雨(さめ) (kosame, “drizzle”)
小(こ)皿(ざら) (kozara, “small dish”)
小(こ)島(じま) (kojima, “islet”)
小(こ)柄(ずか) (kozuka, “small build”)
小(こ)銭(ぜに) (kozeni, “small change”)
小(こ)僧(ぞう) (kozō, “youngster”)
小(こ)遣(づか)い (kozukai, “spending money”)
小(こ)包(づつみ) (kozutsumi, “parcel”)
小(こ)手(て)先(さき) (kotesaki, “superficial cleverness”)
小(こ)道(どう)具(ぐ) (kodōgu, “stage props”)
小(こ)鳥(とり) (kotori, “little bird”)
小(こ)幅(はば) (kohaba, “small cloth; narrow range”)
小(こ)羊(ひつじ) (kohitsuji, “lamb”)
小(こ)舟(ぶね) (kobune, “boat”)
小(こ)麦(むぎ) (komugi, “wheat”)
小(こ)結(むすび) (komusubi, rank of sumo wrestler)
小文字(こもじ) (komoji, “lowercase letter”)
小(こ)物(もの) (komono, “gadget”)
小(こ)屋(や) (koya, “cabin”)
小(こ)山(やま) (koyama, “hill”)
小(こ)雪(ゆき) (koyuki, “light snowfall”)
小(こ)指(ゆび) (koyubi, “little finger”)
小分(こわ)け (kowake, “division into smaller parts”)

ආශ්‍රිත යෙදුම්

Related terms

子(こ) (ko-, “child”)
児(こ) (ko-, “child”)
娘(こ) (ko-, “daughter”)
仔(こ) (ko-, “offspring”)

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Kanji in this term
小
お Grade: 1
kun'yomi

/wo/ → /o/

From the Old ජපන් stem を (wo-), modern お (o-).

උපසර්ගය

小(お) (o-) ^{←を (wo-)^?}

attached to certain nouns:
1. small in shape or scale
  小川 (ogawa, “creek”, literally "small river")
  
  小舟 (obune, “small boat”)
2. attached to certain names to give expression or feelings (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
  小田 (Oda, literally, "small rice paddy")
  
  小野 (Ono, literally, "small field")
used proverbially to represent "small" or "slight" (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
小止みなく降る雨 (oyaminaku furu ame)

小暗い道 (ogurai michi)

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

小(お)川(がわ) (ogawa, “creek”)
小父(おじ)さん (ojisan, “mister”)
小母(おば)さん (obasan, “lady”)

නිරුක්තිය 4

Kanji in this term
小
ささ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
小
さざ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From the Old ජපන් stem ささ (sasa-), found in terms such as 笹 (sasa, “bamboo grass”), 囁く (sasayaku, “to whisper”), and 些か (isasaka, “a little”), all related to small or slight.

Saza appears to be a later derivation from sasa.

වෙනත් ආකාර

細, 些些

උපසර්ගය

小(ささ) or 小(さざ) (sasa- or saza-)

attached to certain nouns to mean:
1. small
2. fine
3. slight

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

栄螺(サザエ) (sazae, “turban shell”)
漣(さざなみ) (sazanami, “ripple”)

මූලාශ්‍ර

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (දයිජිරින්), තෙවන සංස්කරණය (ජපන් බසින්), තෝක්‍යෝ: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK ජපන් උච්චාරණ ඇක්සන්ට් ශබ්දකෝෂය) (ජපන් බසින්), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

කොරියානු

නිරුක්තිය

From Middle චීන 小 (MC siᴇu^X).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	쇼ᇢ〯 (Yale: sywǒw)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
Text	*Gloss (hun)*	Reading
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576	자ᄀᆞᆯ (Yale: cakol)	쇼 (Yale: sywo)

උච්චාරණය

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰo̞(ː)]
Phonetic hangul: [소(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

[[wikisource:ko:Special:Search/"小"|小]]

Wikisource

小 (eumhun 작을 소 (jageul so))

සැකිල්ල:hanja form of-lite

Compounds

Lua දෝෂය: attempt to call field 'parseTemplate' (a nil value).

මූලාශ්‍ර

국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

වියට්නාම

හන් අනුලක්ෂණය

小: Hán Việt readings: tiểu^[1]^[2]^[3]
小: Nôm readings: tiểu^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4], tẻo^[1]^[3], tĩu^[3]

(only before noun) සැකිල්ල:han tu form of-lite

Compounds

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මූලාශ්‍ර

[DJR-1] 2006, 大辞林 (දයිජිරින්), තෙවන සංස්කරණය (ජපන් බසින්), තෝක්‍යෝ: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK ජපන් උච්චාරණ ඇක්සන්ට් ශබ්දකෝෂය) (ජපන් බසින්), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[tdcndg-3] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Nguyễn (2014).

[tdcntd-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Nguyễn et al. (2009).

[gdhn-5] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Trần (2004).

[taberd-6] Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).

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