"小" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. Tags: grade-1-kanji, kanji, no-gloss Related terms: 小さな (chīsa na) (ruby: (ちい)) (english: small)
    Sense id: en-小-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Grade 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Derived forms: 小陰唇 (shōinshin) (ruby: 小陰唇(しょういんしん)) (english: labia minora), 小国 (shōkoku) (ruby: (しょう), (こく)) (english: small nation), 小説 (shōsetsu) (ruby: (しょう), (せつ)) (english: novel), 小前庭腺 (shōzen teisen) (ruby: 小前(しょうぜん), 庭腺(ていせん)) (english: Skene's gland), 小額 (shōgaku) (ruby: (しょう), (がく)) (english: small sum), 小アジア (Shō-Ajia) (ruby: (しょう)) (english: Asia Minor), 小規模 (shōkibo) (ruby: (しょう), (), ()) (english: small-scale), 小東京 (Shō-Tōkyō) (ruby: (しょう), (とう), (きょう)) (english: mini Tokyo), 小数 (shōsū) (ruby: (しょう), (すう)) (english: decimal), 小差 (shōsa) (ruby: (しょう), ()) (english: slight difference), 小冊子 (shōsasshi) (ruby: (しょう), (さっ), ()) (english: pamphlet), 小児 (shōni) (ruby: (しょう), ()) (english: infant), 小銃 (shōjū) (ruby: (しょう), (じゅう)) (english: rifle), 小人 (shōnin) (ruby: (しょう), (にん)) (english: child), 小選挙区 (shō-senkyoku) (ruby: (しょう), (せん), (きょ), ()) (english: small electoral district), 小品 (shōhin) (ruby: (しょう), (ひん)) (english: essay), 小量 (shōryō) (ruby: 小量(しょうりょう)) (english: small dose), 小惑星 (shōwakusei) (ruby: (しょう), (わく), (せい)) (english: asteroid), 大小 (daishō) (ruby: (だい), (しょう)) (english: size), 縮小 (shukushō) (ruby: 縮小(しゅくしょう)) (english: reduction), 中小 (chūshō) (ruby: 中小(ちゅうしょう)) (english: small to medium), 最小 (saishō) (ruby: (さい), (しょう)) (english: minimum), 小事 (shōji) (ruby: (しょう), ()) (english: trifle), 小学 (shōgaku) (ruby: (しょう), (がく)) (english: elementary school), 小康 (shōkō) (ruby: (しょう), (こう)) (english: lull), 小便 (shōben) (ruby: (しょう), 便(べん)) (english: urine), 過小評価 (kashō-hyōka) (ruby: (), (しょう), (ひょう), ()) (english: underestimation), 小一 (shōichi) (ruby: (しょう), (いち)) (english: first-year elementary student), 同小 (dōshō) (ruby: (どう), (しょう)) (english: said elementary school), 小豆 (azuki) (ruby: 小豆(あずき)) (english: adzuki bean), 小火 (boya) (ruby: 小火(ぼや)) (english: small fire), 袋小路 (fukurokōji) (ruby: (ふくろ), (こう), ()) (english: blind alley)

Proper name

IPA: [ɕo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しょう)), Shō [romanization], seu [romanization], せう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/ From Middle Chinese 小 (MC sjewX). The suffix sense is a clipping of 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”). Etymology templates: {{IPAchar-lite|/seu/}} /seu/, {{IPAchar-lite|/ɕeu/}} /ɕeu/, {{IPAchar-lite|/ɕoː/}} /ɕoː/, {{!}} |, {{der-lite/lang|ja|ltc|allow family=1|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{der-lite|ja|ltc|-|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|小}} 小 (MC sjewX), {{m|ja|小学校||elementary school|tr=shōgakkō}} 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|しょう|hhira=せう}} 小(しょう) • (Shō) ^(←せう (seu)?)
  1. a surname
    Sense id: en-小-ja-name-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Japanese surnames, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ɕo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しょう)), shō [romanization], seu [romanization], せう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/ From Middle Chinese 小 (MC sjewX). The suffix sense is a clipping of 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”). Etymology templates: {{IPAchar-lite|/seu/}} /seu/, {{IPAchar-lite|/ɕeu/}} /ɕeu/, {{IPAchar-lite|/ɕoː/}} /ɕoː/, {{!}} |, {{der-lite/lang|ja|ltc|allow family=1|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{der-lite|ja|ltc|-|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|小}} 小 (MC sjewX), {{m|ja|小学校||elementary school|tr=shōgakkō}} 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|しょう|hhira=せう}} 小(しょう) • (shō) ^(←せう (seu)?)
  1. smallness; small size, small (sometimes used as an abbreviation for small serving, etc.)
    Sense id: en-小-ja-noun-ZfKxtYol
  2. Short for 小の月 (shō no tsuki). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: 小の月 (extra: shō no tsuki)
    Sense id: en-小-ja-noun-2J8wqjXb
  3. (historical) during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, a unit of field area equal to around 400 square metres Tags: historical Coordinate_terms (historical unit): (ruby: (だい)) (english: dai, 200/240 square footsteps), (han, 150/180 square footsteps; about 595.8m2) (ruby: (はん))
    Sense id: en-小-ja-noun-C-55Jfkc Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of 'historical unit': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 小の月 (shō no tsuki, month with 30 days or less) (ruby: (しょう), (つき)) Related terms: 大は小を兼ねる (dai wa shō o kaneru) (ruby: (だい), (しょう), ()) (english: The greater serves the lesser.)
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: [ɕo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しょう)), shō- [romanization], seu [romanization], せう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/ From Middle Chinese 小 (MC sjewX). The suffix sense is a clipping of 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”). Etymology templates: {{IPAchar-lite|/seu/}} /seu/, {{IPAchar-lite|/ɕeu/}} /ɕeu/, {{IPAchar-lite|/ɕoː/}} /ɕoː/, {{!}} |, {{der-lite/lang|ja|ltc|allow family=1|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{der-lite|ja|ltc|-|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|小}} 小 (MC sjewX), {{m|ja|小学校||elementary school|tr=shōgakkō}} 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix|しょう|hhira=せう}} 小(しょう) • (shō-) ^(←せう (seu)?)
  1. small, little Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-~OPJa5AZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), ko- [romanization]
Etymology: /ko₁/ → /ko/ From the Old Japanese stem こ (ko-). Cognate with 子 (ko, “child”). Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|/ko₁/}} /ko₁/, {{!}} |, {{!}} |, {{der-lite/lang|ja|ojp|inherited|sort=こ}} Old Japanese, {{inh-lite|ja|ojp|-|sort=こ}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|こ|tr=ko-}} こ (ko-), {{m|ja|子||child|tr=ko}} 子 (ko, “child”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix|こ}} 小(こ) • (ko-)
  1. less in size or quantity, small, little, short Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-LIWLPtuK
  2. less in intensity, small, light, slight Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-DVTV2a7F
  3. of secondary importance, secondary, sub- Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-1JA-yCMf
  4. infant Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-yBQJiD~e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: (ko-) (ruby: ()) (english: child), (ko-) (ruby: ()) (english: child), (ko-) (ruby: ()) (english: daughter), (ko-) (ruby: ()) (english: offspring)
Etymology number: 2 Derived forms: 小石 (koishi) (ruby: (), (いし)) (english: pebble), 小牛 (kōshi) (ruby: (), (うし)) (english: calf), 小唄 (kōta) (ruby: (), (うた)) (english: ballad), 小売 (kōri) (ruby: (), (うり)) (english: retail), 小枝 (koeda) (ruby: (), (えだ)) (english: twig), 小型 (kogata) (ruby: (), (がた)) (english: tiny), 小刀 (kogatana) (ruby: (), (がたな)) (english: small knife), 小刻み (kokizami) (ruby: (), (きざ)) (english: bit by bit), 小切手 (kogitte) (ruby: (), (ぎっ), ()) (english: check), 小口 (koguchi) (ruby: (), (ぐち)) (english: small amount), 小声 (kogoe) (ruby: (), (ごえ)) (english: whisper), 小言 (kogoto) (ruby: (), (ごと)) (english: scolding), 小さじ (kosaji) (ruby: ()) (english: teaspoon), 小雨 (kosame) (ruby: (), (さめ)) (english: drizzle), 小皿 (kozara) (ruby: (), (ざら)) (english: small dish), 小島 (kojima) (ruby: (), (じま)) (english: islet), 小柄 (kozuka) (ruby: (), (ずか)) (english: small build), 小銭 (kozeni) (ruby: (), (ぜに)) (english: small change), 小僧 (kozō) (ruby: (), (ぞう)) (english: youngster), 小遣い (kozukai) (ruby: (), (づか)) (english: spend money), 小包 (kozutsumi) (ruby: (), (づつみ)) (english: parcel), 小手先 (kotesaki) (ruby: (), (), (さき)) (english: superficial cleverness), 小道具 (kodōgu) (ruby: (), (どう), ()) (english: stage props), 小鳥 (kotori) (ruby: (), (とり)) (english: little bird), 小幅 (kohaba) (ruby: (), (はば)) (english: small cloth; narrow range), 小羊 (kohitsuji) (ruby: (), (ひつじ)) (english: lamb), 小舟 (kobune) (ruby: (), (ぶね)) (english: boat), 小麦 (komugi) (ruby: (), (むぎ)) (english: wheat), 小結 (ruby: (), (むすび)) (english: komusubi, rank of sumo wrestler), 小文字 (komoji) (ruby: 小文字(こもじ)) (english: lowercase letter), 小物 (komono) (ruby: (), (もの)) (english: gadget), 小屋 (koya) (ruby: (), ()) (english: cabin), 小山 (koyama) (ruby: (), (やま)) (english: hill), 小雪 (koyuki) (ruby: (), (ゆき)) (english: light snowfall), 小指 (koyubi) (ruby: (), (ゆび)) (english: little finger), 小分け (kowake) (ruby: 小分(こわ)) (english: division into smaller parts)

Prefix

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: ()), o- [romanization], wo [romanization], [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /wo/ → /o/ From the Old Japanese stem を (wo-), modern お (o-). Etymology templates: {{IPAchar-lite|/wo/}} /wo/, {{IPAchar-lite|/o/}} /o/, {{!}} |, {{!}} |, {{der-lite/lang|ja|ojp|inherited|sort=お}} Old Japanese, {{inh-lite|ja|ojp|-|sort=お}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|を|tr=wo-}} を (wo-), {{m|ja|お|tr=o-}} お (o-) Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix|お|hhira=を}} 小(お) • (o-) ^(←を (wo)?)
  1. attached to certain nouns:
    small in shape or scale
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-N85qKTqc Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant target parameters
  2. attached to certain nouns:
    attached to certain names to give expression or feelings
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-cmFDiW0s Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant target parameters
  3. used proverbially to represent "small" or "slight" Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-Cv~7TA8P Categories (other): Japanese links with ignored alt parameters
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 小川 (ogawa) (ruby: (), (がわ)) (english: creek), 小父さん (ojisan) (ruby: 小父(おじ)) (english: mister), 小母さん (obasan) (ruby: 小母(おば)) (english: lady)
Etymology number: 3

Prefix

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (ささ)), [canonical] (ruby: (さざ)), sasa- [romanization], saza- [romanization]
Etymology: From the Old Japanese stem ささ (sasa-), found in terms such as 笹 (sasa, “bamboo grass”), 囁く (sasayaku, “to whisper”), and 些か (isasaka, “a little”), all related to small or slight. Saza appears to be a later derivation from sasa. Etymology templates: {{!}} |, {{!}} |, {{der-lite/lang|ja|ojp|inherited|sort=ささ}} Old Japanese, {{inh-lite|ja|ojp|-|sort=ささ}} Old Japanese, {{m|ja|ささ|tr=sasa-}} ささ (sasa-), {{m|ja|笹||bamboo grass|tr=sasa}} 笹 (sasa, “bamboo grass”), {{m|ja|囁く||to whisper|tr=sasayaku}} 囁く (sasayaku, “to whisper”), {{m|ja|些か||a little|tr=isasaka}} 些か (isasaka, “a little”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix|ささ|さざ}} 小(ささ) or 小(さざ) • (sasa- or saza-)
  1. attached to certain nouns to mean:
    small
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-WtTnpODD
  2. attached to certain nouns to mean:
    fine
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-BCSSrlFT
  3. attached to certain nouns to mean:
    slight
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-prefix-WSghHIcK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: , 些些 Derived forms: 栄螺 (sazae) (ruby: 栄螺(サザエ)) (english: turban shell), (sazanami) (ruby: (さざなみ)) (english: ripple)
Etymology number: 4

Suffix

IPA: [ɕo̞ː] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (しょう)), -shō [romanization], seu [romanization], せう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: /seu/ → /ɕeu/ → /ɕoː/ From Middle Chinese 小 (MC sjewX). The suffix sense is a clipping of 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”). Etymology templates: {{IPAchar-lite|/seu/}} /seu/, {{IPAchar-lite|/ɕeu/}} /ɕeu/, {{IPAchar-lite|/ɕoː/}} /ɕoː/, {{!}} |, {{der-lite/lang|ja|ltc|allow family=1|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{der-lite|ja|ltc|-|sort=しよう}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|小}} 小 (MC sjewX), {{m|ja|小学校||elementary school|tr=shōgakkō}} 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|しょう|hhira=せう}} 小(しょう) • (-shō) ^(←せう (seu)?)
  1. suffix after names of elementary schools Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-小-ja-suffix-51Hb0T-8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 8 0 7 8 1 0 4 0 4 2 7 5 0 2 2 1 3 4 5 2 3 3 3 10 7 1 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 9 3 17 14 0 1 2 0 2 6 8 4 4 4 4 24 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 10 5 13 12 0 1 2 0 2 7 8 5 5 5 5 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 7 4 13 12 0 3 3 1 4 7 7 3 6 6 6 20 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 0 10 5 12 11 0 2 3 0 2 7 8 6 5 5 5 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 10 5 12 12 0 2 2 0 2 7 7 5 5 5 5 19 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 6 17 15 0 9 10 6 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 16 7 22 21 0 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Grade 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "labia minora",
          "roman": "shōinshin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小陰唇",
              "しょういんしん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小陰唇"
        },
        {
          "english": "small nation",
          "roman": "shōkoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "国",
              "こく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小国"
        },
        {
          "english": "novel",
          "roman": "shōsetsu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "説",
              "せつ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小説"
        },
        {
          "english": "Skene's gland",
          "roman": "shōzen teisen",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小前",
              "しょうぜん"
            ],
            [
              "庭腺",
              "ていせん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小前庭腺"
        },
        {
          "english": "small sum",
          "roman": "shōgaku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "額",
              "がく"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小額"
        },
        {
          "english": "Asia Minor",
          "roman": "Shō-Ajia",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小アジア"
        },
        {
          "english": "small-scale",
          "roman": "shōkibo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "規",
              "き"
            ],
            [
              "模",
              "ぼ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小規模"
        },
        {
          "english": "mini Tokyo",
          "roman": "Shō-Tōkyō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "東",
              "とう"
            ],
            [
              "京",
              "きょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小東京"
        },
        {
          "english": "decimal",
          "roman": "shōsū",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "数",
              "すう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小数"
        },
        {
          "english": "slight difference",
          "roman": "shōsa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "差",
              "さ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小差"
        },
        {
          "english": "pamphlet",
          "roman": "shōsasshi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "冊",
              "さっ"
            ],
            [
              "子",
              "し"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小冊子"
        },
        {
          "english": "infant",
          "roman": "shōni",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "児",
              "に"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小児"
        },
        {
          "english": "rifle",
          "roman": "shōjū",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "銃",
              "じゅう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小銃"
        },
        {
          "english": "child",
          "roman": "shōnin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "人",
              "にん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小人"
        },
        {
          "english": "small electoral district",
          "roman": "shō-senkyoku",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "選",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "挙",
              "きょ"
            ],
            [
              "区",
              "く"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小選挙区"
        },
        {
          "english": "essay",
          "roman": "shōhin",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "品",
              "ひん"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小品"
        },
        {
          "english": "small dose",
          "roman": "shōryō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小量",
              "しょうりょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小量"
        },
        {
          "english": "asteroid",
          "roman": "shōwakusei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "惑",
              "わく"
            ],
            [
              "星",
              "せい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小惑星"
        },
        {
          "english": "size",
          "roman": "daishō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "大",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "大小"
        },
        {
          "english": "reduction",
          "roman": "shukushō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "縮小",
              "しゅくしょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "縮小"
        },
        {
          "english": "small to medium",
          "roman": "chūshō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "中小",
              "ちゅうしょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "中小"
        },
        {
          "english": "minimum",
          "roman": "saishō",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "最",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "最小"
        },
        {
          "english": "trifle",
          "roman": "shōji",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "小",
              "しょう"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "小事"
        },
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (8203a16 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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