Hanja Analyzer
小

小 — so

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
작을 소
Romanization
so
English
small, tiny, insignificant
Mandarin
xiǎo
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ
Japanese kun'yomi
ちい.さい こ- お- さ-
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 1
Newspaper frequency
#114 of 2,500
Strokes
3
Radical
小 (42, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+5C0F

Korean example words with 小

  • 소검小劍 Korean gloss: 작은 칼
  • 소도小島 Korean gloss: 작은 섬
  • 소병小甁 Korean gloss: 작은 병
  • 소선小船 Korean gloss: 작은 배
  • 소성小星 Korean gloss: 작은 별
  • 소정小艇 Korean gloss: 작은 배
  • 대소大小 Korean gloss: 크고 작음
  • 미소微小 Korean gloss: 아주 작음
  • 소거小車 Korean gloss: 작은 수레
  • 소교小轎 Korean gloss: 작은 가마
  • 소리小利 Korean gloss: 작은 이익
  • 소부小富 Korean gloss: 작은 부자

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 小

  • 小選挙区しょうせんきょく small electoral district; single-member constituency
  • 小説しょうせつ novel; story; (work of) fiction
  • 小学校しょうがっこう primary school; elementary school; grade school
  • 小学生しょうがくせい elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
  • 中小企業ちゅうしょうきぎょう small and medium-sized enterprises; small and medium-sized businesses
  • 小型こがた small-sized; small-scale; miniature
  • 小学しょうがく elementary school; primary school; grade school
  • 縮小しゅくしょう reduction; curtailment; cut
  • 小川おがわ stream; brook; creek
  • 小島こじま small island; islet
  • 中小ちゅうしょう small and medium
  • 最小限さいしょうげん minimum; lowest; minimal

Other hanja read “소”

Other hanja with radical 小

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