Readings
Kun readingちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ- Meanings
大か、小か。Large or small?tatoeba - 袱紗より小さいふくさ- A fukusa which is smaller than a normal fukusa.wiki
- smallness
- small item
- short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
- elementary school
- smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
Mnemonic (RtK)
ⓘsmall (小)
From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 110
On Reading Examples
Small things amuse small minds.tatoeba Little thing please little minds.tatoeba There go the twelve bars blues.tatoeba Kun Reading Examples
He was a little old man with thick glasses.tatoeba He has a small frame.tatoeba My son is small for his age.tatoeba The New Year came in with a light fall of snow.tatoeba Additional Examples
He held a package under his arm.tatoeba He was a little old man with thick glasses.tatoeba He complained of the room being too small.tatoeba He was poor and lived in a small cabin.tatoeba On the contrary, it has the smallest plectrum.wiki One scoops small gold fish.wiki They step into the garden and walk through a small gate.wiki BGMとして小鳥のさえずりが流されるようになった。 The BGM is now birds singing.wikiしかし殺生禁断の地で小鳥を殺したため、破門されたという。 However, he was said to have been excommunicated after killing a bird where it was forbidden to kill animals.wikiKatsura Elementary School, Kyoto Citywiki Doshisha International Elementary Schoolwiki A novel by Kei SHIMOJIMAwiki He was a literary scholar and a novelist.wiki It is made by kneading wheat flour, and boiling it.wiki Gluten and wheat flour are the ingredients of Anpei-fu.wiki She was the daughter of Koyamono (an employee of a show tent) in Yanaka, Tokyo Prefecture.wiki Constructing bridges or camps.wiki しかし、前座作業の代償として、僅かながら小遣いがもらえる。 However, they get a small allowance for their zenza duties.wikiIt is formed by the little fingers firmly crossed in front of the chest.wiki 両者の兼ね合いからは、小指が入る程度のものが適している。 In view of balancing these two, the little finger-sized mouth of tokkuri is the best choice.wikiElementary school pupils: \300wiki It is a sumo performance by elementary school children.wiki 合・勺は用いられず、坪に小数の値をつけて表される。 Instead of using either the go or the shaku, the acreage is shown only by the tsubo with the decimal fraction.wikiまた、関は正131072角形を使い、円周率を小数第11位まで算出した。 Seki also used a polygon with 131, 072 sides to calculate the value of Pi (3.14159...) to the eleventh decimal place.wikiIn addition, it is said that Daisoku-gawa River was made when the giant discharged his urine.wiki Practice Writing
Practice Writing 小
Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step