Kanji1 / 3
小 kanji
little, small
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
ちいさいこ-お-さ-
Words with 小
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N4小説Popularnovel; story; (work of) fiction
- N4小学校Popularprimary school; elementary school; grade school
- N3小Popularsmallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; pee; urination; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name); junior; unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)
- N2縮小Popularreduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction; shrinkage
- N2小数Popularfraction (part of); decimal fraction
- N2大小Popularsize; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game); tai sai; dai siu; big and small
- N2小便Popularurine; piss; pee; urination; breaking a contract
- N2小学生Popularelementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
- N1小児科Popularpediatrics
- —最小Popularsmallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
- —小学Popularelementary school; primary school; grade school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
- —小康Popularlull; breathing spell; respite; remission (of an illness); becoming stable
- —小国Popularsmall country
- —小児Popularyoung child; infant
- —小銃Popularrifle; small arms
- —小人Popularchild (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
- —小品Popularshort piece (of music, writing); small work (painting, sculpture, etc.); literary sketch; essay; small article; small item
- —中小Popularsmall and medium
- —微小Popularmicroscopic
- —小差Popularslight difference; narrow margin