Keyword
small
- tiny
- insignificant
- Frequency
- #133
- Strokes
- 3
Readings
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Mnemonic
Dividing 八 by a line 亅
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
东east少few乐happy示to show京capital city亲parent尔that孙grandson尖pointed叔uncle尘dust雀sparrow隙crack尕little糸silk尙yet尗younger brother尜a child's toy県county㣎fine尞fuel used for sacrifices
Used in vocabulary
小
small; tiny; few; young
小时
hour
小说
novel; fiction
小学
elementary school; primary school
小姐
young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute
小组
group
小孩
child
大小
large and small; size; adults and children; consideration of seniority; at any rate
小心
to be careful; to take care
邓小平
Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997), Chinese communist leader, de facto leader of PRC 1978-1990 and creator of "socialism with Chinese characteristics"
小型
small scale; small size
小镇
small town; village
小区
housing estate; community; neighborhood; (telecommunications) cell
小时候
in one's childhood
从小
from childhood; from a young age
小孩子
child
缩小
to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
小学生
primary school student; schoolchild; (fig.) beginner
小小
very small; very few; very minor
小麦
wheat
小事
trifle; trivial matter
小朋友
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)
小米
Xiaomi, Chinese electronics company founded in 2010
小子
(coll.) boy; (derog.) joker; guy; (despicable) fellow