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shou


little, small




CONTENTS

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.


TRANSLATIONS

English little
small
Romaji shou
Korean so
Mandarin xiao3
Reading ショウ
ちい.さい
こ-
お-
さ-
shou
chii.sai
ko -
o -
sa -
Nanori (name) いさら
こう
さざ
しゃお
ちいさ
isara
kou
saza
shao
chiisa
Radical name - -
      

DETAILS

Kanji
Radical no
Radical Number -
Bushu Number 42
Classical Radical # -
Frequency of use 114
Jouyou grade level 1
Stroke count 3
Hex ID 3E2E
Unicode ID 5c0f
Four corner code 9000.0
Skip code 1-1-2
Nelson index -
JIS 0208 code -
JIS 0212 code -


COMPONENTS

StrokesRadicalRad. #RomajiEnglish
3 42 shou little, small



SAME BUSHU NUMBER 42

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 teru radiance, shine, sparkle, gleam, twinkle
2 ken prefecture
3 hikari ray, light
4 shou once, before, formerly, ever, never, ex-, lick, lap up, burn up, taste, undergo, underrate, despise
5 shou little, small
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SAME JOUYOU GRADE 1

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 ichi one
2 migi right
3 ame rain
4 en circle, yen, round
5 ou king, rule, magnate
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SAME SKIP CODE 1-1-2

#KanjiRomajiEnglish
1 shou little, small
2 kawa stream, river
3 kawa curving river radical (no.47)



EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

# Kanji English
1 その納屋はさかったが頑丈だった。
sono naya ha chiisa kattaga ganjou datta .
The barn was small but it was strong.

2 その茎は君の指よりやや太い。
sono kuki ha kun no koyubi yoriyaya futoi .
The stalk is a little bigger around than your little finger. [M]

3 毎年200万ポンドの麦粉が輸出された。
maitoshi 200 man pondo no komugiko ga yushutsu sareta .
About two million pounds of flour are exported annually.

4 高い山の上で彼らは彼ら自身のさな町を作り、平和に暮らした。
takai yama no uede karera ha karera jishin no chiisa na machi wo tsukuri , heiwa ni kurashi ta .
There on the top of a high mountain they built a small town of their own and lived in peace.

5 どんなにさくてもいいから自分の部屋がもてればいいのだが。
donnani chiisa kutemoiikara jibun no heya gamoterebaiinodaga .
I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it may be.

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WORD USAGE

# Dict Kanji Hira/Kata English
1 Japanese お寝
o ne shou
おねしょ
onesho
(n,vs) (uk) bed-wetting

2 Japanese ガラパゴス羽鵜
garapagosu shou hane u
ガラパゴスこばねう
garapagosu kobaneu
(n) flightless cormorant Galapagos cormorant

3 Japanese デュラム
deyuramu komugi
デュラムこむぎ
deyuramu komugi
(n) durum wheat

4 Japanese パン
pan komugi
パンこむぎ
pan komugi
(n) wheat (for breadmaking)

5 Japanese 悪漢
akkan shousetsu
あっかんしょうせつ
akkanshousetsu
(n) picaresque novel

6 Aviation 空中最操縦速度
kuuchuu saishou soujuu sokudo
くうちゅうさいしょうそうじゅうそくど
kuuchuusaishousoujuusokudo
V-Speeds: VMCA

7 Aviation 操縦速度
saishou soujuu sokudo
さいしょうそうじゅうそくど
saishousoujuusokudo
V-Speeds: VMC

8 Aviation 数点
shousuuten
しょうすうてん
shousuuten
decimal

9 Classical
^ shou ^
ーこ
^ ko
smallness, fineness, small quanity (pre)

10 Classical 名詞ー
meishi ^ shou ^
ーそ
^ so
(1) smallness of size quanity or degree (pre) (2) to give a feeling of familiarity or intimacy

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

Kanji drawing map

  • The green dot is the starting point!
  • Name above the completed radical is the reading
  • Name below the completed radical is the radical name
  • If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database




REFERENCES

7 New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
1355 Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
1389 The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
2.15 Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
126 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
511 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
27 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
88 Kanji in Context
2 Kanji Learners Dictionary
33 Essential Kanji
1141 2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
24 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
15 Tuttle Kanji Cards
3n0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
27 Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
7473, 4.0046 Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
36 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
63 Gakken Kanji Dictionary
105 Remembering The Kanji
21 Japanese Names



© Ron Schei (Aviation)
© Glenn Rosenthal (Classical)
© Public Domain with contributions and updating by the EDICT Project. (Examples)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Japanese)
© The Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, Monash University (Kanji)
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