小

小 — little, small

JLPT: JLPT N5
Strokes: 3
Taught in: School year 1
Frequency: #114 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: しょう shou
Kun'yomi: ちい.さい chii.sai

こ- ko-

お- o-

さ- sa-

Example words

小さい chiisai small

Words that use 小

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