xiǎo

small; young; tiny

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 83rd character
Radical ⼩ (42.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 37

Definitions

小 xiǎo
  1. 1. small
  2. 2. young
  3. 3. tiny
  4. 4. few

Stroke order

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Words containing 小

Word Meaning
small size (clothes etc); trumpet; (coll.) number one
(derog.) girlfriend of a married man
(bird species of China) Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Locustella certhiola)
Pallas's grasshopper warbler bird
fig. small fry; shrimp; minor player
fig. small fry; shrimp; minor player
bark beetle (zoology)
asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
dispute; clash; skirmish
dispute; clash; skirmish
pouch
wallaby; pademelon
stingy; petty
to belittle; to look down upon; to despise
to despise; to have contempt for
subtotal
subtotal
show a little of one's skill
fiction; novel
novelist
minor key (in music); xiaodiao, a Chinese folk song genre
fib
fib
Indian cardamom (Amomum cardamomum)