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

11 strokes
Radical:
house on cliff 广
Parts:
广
ease, peace
On:
コウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
760 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 康安 【コウアン】 Kōan era (of the Northern Court; 1361.3.29-1362.9.23)
  • 康永 【コウエイ】 Kōei era (of the Northern Court; 1342.4.27-1345.10.21)
  • 小康 【ショウコウ】 lull, breathing spell, respite, remission (of an illness), becoming stable
  • 安康 【アンコウ】 calm and peaceful period of time

Readings

Japanese names:
かん、 こ、 みち、 やす、 やすし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
kang1
Korean:
gang

Spanish

  • tranquilo
  • calmado
  • sano

Portuguese

  • facilidade
  • paz

French

  • tranquille
  • paisible
608 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
506 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
480 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
783 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1518 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
860 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
513 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1509 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
894 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
916 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1054 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
592 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3877 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1994 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2693 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1167 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9376 Morohashi
3124 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1621 New Nelson (John Haig)
1159 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1243 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
565 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
542 2001 Kanji
3q8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-8 SKIP code
0023.2 Four corner code
1-25-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5eb7 Unicode hex code