Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 3
Meaning: little, small
Kunyomi: ちい.さい こ- お- さ-
Onyomi: ショウ
Radical: 小
Reading: しょう
Meaning: small, insignificant
Strokes: 3
小説(しょうせつ) a novel
小学校(しょうがっこう) elementary school
最小(さいしょう) minimum
大小(だいしょう) size
小さい(ちいさい) small
小麦(こむぎ) wheat
小鳥(ことり) small bird
小川(おがわ) small stream, brook
小 (ショウ) smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), 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)
小雨 (コサメ) light rain, drizzle
微小 (ビショウ) microscopic
中小 (チュウショウ) small and medium
小さい (ちいさい) small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
小さい頃 (ちいさいころ) as a child, when one was a child
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1
JLPT level: N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 3
Meaning: little, small
Kunyomi: ちい.さい こ- お- さ-
Onyomi: ショウ
Radical: 小
Reading: しょう
Meaning: small, insignificant
Strokes: 3
小説(しょうせつ) a novel
小学校(しょうがっこう) elementary school
最小(さいしょう) minimum
大小(だいしょう) size
小さい(ちいさい) small
小麦(こむぎ) wheat
小鳥(ことり) small bird
小川(おがわ) small stream, brook
小 (ショウ) smallness, small item, short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days), 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)
小雨 (コサメ) light rain, drizzle
微小 (ビショウ) microscopic
中小 (チュウショウ) small and medium
小さい (ちいさい) small, little, tiny, slight, below average (in degree, amount, etc.), minor, small, low (e.g. sound), soft (e.g. voice), unimportant, petty, insignificant, trifling, trivial, young, juvenile
小さい頃 (ちいさいころ) as a child, when one was a child