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little
Stroke count: 3

Readings

On readingショウ
Kun readingちい.さいこ-お-さ-

Meanings

  1. littleRtK
  2. small
    Large or small?tatoeba
    - 袱紗よりさいふく- A fukusa which is smaller than a normal fukusa.wiki
  1. smallness
  2. small item
  3. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days)
  4. elementary school
  5. smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

Synonyms

小学校小皿

Popular Usage

小さい小さな小鳥小説小学校小包小麦小屋小指縮小小数小便

Radicals and components

Radicalsmall

Mnemonic (RtK)

small ()

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 110

Compound words

小さいちいさい
small; little; tiny; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.)
小さなちいさな
small; little; tiny
小説しょうせつ
novel; story; (work of) fiction
小鳥ことり
small bird; little bird
小学校しょうがっこう
primary school; elementary school; grade school
小屋こや
hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen; small theatre (theater)
小麦こむぎ
wheat
小包こづつみ
parcel; package
縮小しゅくしょう
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down
小指こゆび
little finger; pinky; fourth (occ. fifth) finger; little toe
小数しょうすう
fraction (part of); decimal fraction
大小だいしょう
size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums
小便しょうべん
urine; piss; pee; urination; breaking a contract
小学生しょうがくせい
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
小遣いこづかい
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
小林こばやし
Japanese name
最小さいしょう
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
小雨こさめ
light rain; drizzle
小学しょうがく
elementary school; primary school; grade school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
小結こむすび
wrestler of the fourth highest rank
小言こごと
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture; complaint
小康しょうこう
lull; breathing spell; respite; remission (of an illness); becoming stable
小国しょうこく
small country
小皿こざら
small plate; small dish
人はつまらないことに興ずる。しょうじん
Small things amuse small minds.tatoeba
事は人を喜ばす。しょうじん
Little thing please little minds.tatoeba
懐かしい12節のブルース。しょうせつ
There go the twelve bars blues.tatoeba
彼は分厚いめがねをかけた柄な老人だった。こがら
He was a little old man with thick glasses.tatoeba
彼は柄な男です。こがら
He has a small frame.tatoeba
息子は年の割には柄だ。こがら
My son is small for his age.tatoeba
新年は雪で始まった。こゆき
The New Year came in with a light fall of snow.tatoeba
彼は包みを脇に抱えていた。
He held a package under his arm.tatoeba
彼は分厚いめがねをかけた柄な老人だった。
He was a little old man with thick glasses.tatoeba
彼は部屋がさすぎるとこぼしていた。
He complained of the room being too small.tatoeba
彼は貧しくしてさな屋に住んでいた。
He was poor and lived in a small cabin.tatoeba
撥は逆に最もさい。
On the contrary, it has the smallest plectrum.wiki
- さな金魚を掬う。
One scoops small gold fish.wiki
庭へ出てさな門をくぐる。
They step into the garden and walk through a small gate.wiki
BGMとして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.wiki
京都市立桂学校
Katsura Elementary School, Kyoto Citywiki
同志社国際学校
Doshisha International Elementary Schoolwiki
霜島ケイの説。
A novel by Kei SHIMOJIMAwiki
国文学者、説家。
He was a literary scholar and a novelist.wiki
麦粉を練って茹でたもの。
It is made by kneading wheat flour, and boiling it.wiki
原材料はグルテンと麦粉。
Gluten and wheat flour are the ingredients of Anpei-fu.wiki
東京谷中の屋者の娘。
She was the daughter of Koyamono (an employee of a show tent) in Yanaka, Tokyo Prefecture.wiki
架橋や陣屋作成など。
Constructing bridges or camps.wiki
しかし、前座作業の代償として、僅かながら遣いがもらえる。
However, they get a small allowance for their zenza duties.wiki
指を絡めて胸の前で交差させる印。
It is formed by the little fingers firmly crossed in front of the chest.wiki
両者の兼ね合いからは、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.wiki
学生 300円
Elementary school pupils: \300wiki
学生の相撲である。
It is a sumo performance by elementary school children.wiki
合・勺は用いられず、坪に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.wiki
便を我慢する
One holds it in.wiki
なお、その便の際に出来たのが大束川といわれる。
In addition, it is said that Daisoku-gawa River was made when the giant discharged his urine.wiki

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