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:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
renowned, publish, write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear, arrival, finish (race), counter for suits of clothing, literary work
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
849 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 著 【チョ】 work, book, (a book) by, obvious, striking
  • 著作 【チョサク】 writing, book
  • 近著 【キンチョ】 recent work
  • 共著 【キョウチョ】 joint authorship, co-authorship, collaboration, joint work
  • 着手 【チャクシュ】 starting work (on), setting to work (on), setting about (doing), beginning, commencing, embarking on, commencing (a crime)
  • 着する 【チャクスル】 to arrive, to reach, to adhere, to insist on, to put on, to wear

Kun reading compounds

  • 著す 【あらわす】 to write, to publish
  • 著しい 【いちじるしい】 striking, remarkable, considerable

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu4, zhe5, zhao1, zhao2, zhu3, zi1
Korean:
jeo, chag

Spanish

  • expresar
  • publicar
  • escribir
  • notable
  • eminente

Portuguese

  • renomado
  • publico
  • notável
  • fenomenal
  • vestido
  • vestir
  • usar
  • elevado chegada/ fim (corrida)
  • sufixo para contagem de vestuário

French

  • renommé
  • publier
  • écrire
  • remarquable
  • phénoménal
  • porter
  • arrivée
  • auteur
  • ouvrage littéraire
  • compteur de vêtements
843 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
949 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
937 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
773 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3983 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
580 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
871 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1445 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
859 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
878 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1031 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
661 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2869 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1480 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1993 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1266 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31302 Morohashi
2300 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5098 New Nelson (John Haig)
1258 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1347 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
928 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1978 2001 Kanji
3k8.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
3-7-4 SKIP code
4460.4 Four corner code
1-35-88 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8457 Unicode hex code