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Kanji Information Sheet for 小 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info:
小 (ちいさい) – little
尚 (ショウ, なお) – esteem; furthermore; still; yet
小 (ちいさい) – little
尚 (ショウ, なお) – esteem; furthermore; still; yet
Henshall Mnemonic: a stroke divided into two small ones
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #114 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #114 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N4 Words
- 小説 [しょうせつ]
(n) novel; story [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小鳥 [ことり]
(n) small bird [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小学校 [しょうがっこう]
(n) primary school; elementary school [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 小麦 [こむぎ]
(n) wheat [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小屋 [こや]
(n) hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小包 [こづつみ]
(n) parcel; package [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 大小 [だいしょう]
(n) size [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小数 [しょうすう]
(n) fraction (part of); decimal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小父さん [おじさん]
(n) (hon) (uk) middle-aged gentleman; uncle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小学生 [しょうがくせい]
(n) grade school student [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小便 [しょうべん]
(n) (col) urine; piss; pee [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小母さん [おばさん]
(n) (uk) lady; woman; ma'am [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小遣い [こづかい]
(n) personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小指 [こゆび]
(n) little finger [K] [D] [Jisho] - 縮小 [しゅくしょう]
(n,vs) reduction; curtailment [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 小切手 [こぎって]
(n) cheque; check [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小銭 [こぜに]
(n) coins; small change [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小売 [こうり]
(n,vs) retail [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小児科 [しょうにか]
(n) pediatrics [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 小手先 [こてさき]
(n) (superficial) cleverness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小舟 [こぶね]
(n) boat; small craft [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小銃 [しょうじゅう]
(n) rifle; small arms [K] [D] [Jisho] - 最小 [さいしょう]
(n) smallest; least [K] [D] [Jisho] - 最小限 [さいしょうげん]
(n) minimum; lowest [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小人 [こびと]
(n) (1) child; small person; (2) dwarf [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小人 [しょうにん]
(n) (1) child; small person [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小数点 [しょうすうてん]
(n) decimal point [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小声 [こごえ]
(n) low voice; whisper [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小石 [こいし]
(n) pebble [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小説家 [しょうせつか]
(n) novelist; fiction writer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小川 [おがわ]
(n) streamlet; brook [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小選挙区 [しょうせんきょく]
(n) small electoral district; single-member constituency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小僧 [こぞう]
(n) (1) youngster; (2) young Buddhist priest [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小刀 [こがたな]
(n) small knife; short sword [K] [D] [Jisho] - 山小屋 [やまごや]
(n) mountain hut [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小島 [こじま]
(n) small island; islet [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小豆 [あずき]
(n) red beans [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小道具 [こどうぐ]
(n) props; (stage) properties; gadgets [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小さじ [こさじ]
(n) teaspoon [K] [D] [Jisho] - 袋小路 [ふくろこうじ]
(n) blind alley [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小売り [こうり]
(n,vs) retail [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小売り店 [こうりてん]
retail store; retail shop [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小売価格 [こうりかかく]
(n) retail price [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小売店 [こうりてん]
retail store; retail shop [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.