Jisho

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3 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant
Parts:
little, small
Kun:
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On:
ショウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
114 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

Kun reading compounds

  • 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

Readings

Japanese names:
いさら、 こう、 さざ、 しゃお、 ちいさ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xiao3
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • poco
  • pequeño

Portuguese

  • Pequeno
  • pouco

French

  • petit
24 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
36 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
63 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1355 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
33 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
46 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
21 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
27 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
88 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
511 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
7 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
106 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
7473 Morohashi
7 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1389 New Nelson (John Haig)
105 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
126 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
15 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1141 2001 Kanji
3n0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-1-2 SKIP code
9000.0 Four corner code
1-30-14 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5c0f Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
courtyard, garden, yard
Kun:
にわ
On:
テイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
816 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 庭園 【テイエン】 garden, park
  • 庭球 【テイキュウ】 tennis
  • 前庭 【ゼンテイ】 front garden, front yard, vestibule (of the ear)
  • 営庭 【エイテイ】 open space within a barracks compound

Kun reading compounds

  • 庭 【にわ】 garden, yard, courtyard, field (of action), area
  • 庭木 【にわき】 garden tree
  • 前庭 【ぜんてい】 front garden, front yard, vestibule (of the ear)
  • 奥庭 【おくにわ】 inner garden, back yard

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ting2
Korean:
jeong

Spanish

  • patio
  • jardín

Portuguese

  • jardim
  • quintal

French

  • jardin
  • cour
477 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
372 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
352 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
560 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1514 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
402 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
512 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1244 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1112 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1164 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
542 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
591 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3866 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1987 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2684 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
597 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9337X Morohashi
3114 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1618 New Nelson (John Haig)
590 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
634 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
361 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
567 2001 Kanji
3q6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-7 SKIP code
3-3-6 SKIP code
0024.1 Four corner code
1-36-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ead Unicode hex code