小

小 is a Japanese kanji written with 3 strokes, listed here under the keyword “little”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 110. It appears as a component in 19 other characters in this index.

Keyword: little
RTK frame: 110
Strokes: 3
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ショウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ちい.さい, こ-, お-, さ-
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: small, маленький, dagger, sword
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 小 small

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 小

少 few
原 meadow
京 capital
戚 relatives
歳 year-end
県 prefecture
叔 uncle
党 party
示 show
隙 chink
糸 thread
余 too much
赤 red
鎖 chain
穆 obeisant
雀 sparrow
尖 sharp point
尓 hammock
尞 pup tent

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