Radical 42

小
小
小 (U+5C0F) "small, insignificant"
Pronunciations
Pinyin:	xiǎo
Bopomofo:	ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:	sheau
Wade–Giles:	hsiao3
Cantonese Yale:	síu
Jyutping:	siu2
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:	siáu
Japanese Kana:	ショウ shō (on'yomi); ちい-さい chii-sai (kun'yomi)
Sino-Korean:	소 so
Names
Chinese name(s):	(Top) 小字頭/小字头 xiǎozìtóu
Japanese name(s):	小/しょう shō; (Top) 小頭/しょうがしら shōgashira; (Top) 尚頭/なおがしら naogashira
Hangul:	작을 jageul
Stroke order animation

Last updated October 12, 2023 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Radical 42 or radical small (小部) meaning "small" or "insignificant" is one of the 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.

Evolution

Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Large seal script character
Small seal script character

Derived characters

Strokes	Characters
+0	小
+1	尐少
+2	尒 (=爾 -> 爻 ) 尓 (=爾) 尔 ^SC (=爾) 尕
+3	尖尗尘 ^SC (=塵 -> 土 ) 当 ^SC/JP (=當 -> 田 )
+5	尙 ^Kangxi/KO (=尚) 尚
+6	尛尜尝 ^SC (=嘗/嚐 -> 口 )
+9	尞
+10	尟尠
+11	尡

Sinogram

The radical is also used as an independent Chinese character. It is one of the Kyōiku kanji or Kanji taught in elementary school in Japan.^[1] It is a first grade kanji^[1]

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References

1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

Literature

Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.

External links

Unihan Database - U+5C0F

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[:0-1] 1 2 "The Kyoiku Kanji (教育漢字) - Kanshudo". www.kanshudo.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-06.

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v t e Chinese radicals according to the Kangxi Dictionary
1 stroke	1 一 2 丨 3 丶 4 丿 5 乙 6 亅
2 strokes	7 二 8 亠 9 人 10 儿 11 入 12 八 13 冂 14 冖 15 冫 16 几 17 凵 18 刀 19 力 20 勹 21 匕 22 匚 23 匸 24 十 25 卜 26 卩 27 厂 28 厶 29 又
3 strokes	30 口 31 囗 32 土 33 士 34 夂 35 夊 36 夕 37 大 38 女 39 子 40 宀 41 寸 42 小 43 尢 44 尸 45 屮 46 山 47 巛 48 工 49 己 50 巾 51 干 52 幺 53 广 54 廴 55 廾 56 弋 57 弓 58 彐 59 彡 60 彳
4 strokes	61 心 62 戈 63 戶 64 手 65 支 66 攴 67 文 68 斗 69 斤 70 方 71 无 72 日 73 曰 74 月 75 木 76 欠 77 止 78 歹 79 殳 80 毋 81 比 82 毛 83 氏 84 气 85 水 86 火 87 爪 88 父 89 爻 90 爿 91 片 92 牙 93 牛 94 犬
5 strokes	95 玄 96 玉 97 瓜 98 瓦 99 甘 100 生 101 用 102 田 103 疋 104 疒 105 癶 106 白 107 皮 108 皿 109 目 110 矛 111 矢 112 石 113 示 114 禸 115 禾 116 穴 117 立
6 strokes	118 竹 119 米 120 糸 121 缶 122 网 123 羊 124 羽 125 老 126 而 127 耒 128 耳 129 聿 130 肉 131 臣 132 自 133 至 134 臼 135 舌 136 舛 137 舟 138 艮 139 色 140 艸 141 虍 142 虫 143 血 144 行 145 衣 146 襾
7 strokes	147 見 148 角 149 言 150 谷 151 豆 152 豕 153 豸 154 貝 155 赤 156 走 157 足 158 身 159 車 160 辛 161 辰 162 辵 163 邑 164 酉 165 釆 166 里
8 strokes	167 金 168 長 169 門 170 阜 171 隶 172 隹 173 雨 174 靑 175 非
9 strokes	176 面 177 革 178 韋 179 韭 180 音 181 頁 182 風 183 飛 184 食 185 首 186 香
10 strokes	187 馬 188 骨 189 高 190 髟 191 鬥 192 鬯 193 鬲 194 鬼
11 strokes	195 魚 196 鳥 197 鹵 198 鹿 199 麥 200 麻
12 strokes	201 黃 202 黍 203 黑 204 黹
13 strokes	205 黽 206 鼎 207 鼓 208 鼠
14 strokes	209 鼻 210 齊
15 strokes	211 齒
16 strokes	212 龍 213 龜
17 strokes	214 龠
See also: Kangxi radicals

v t e Simplified Chinese characters radicals (indexing components)
1 stroke	1 一 2 丨（亅） 3 丶 4 丿 5 乛（𠃌⺄乚乙）
2 strokes	6 十 7 厂（⺁） 8 匚 9 卜（⺊） 10 冂（） 11 八（丷） 12 人（亻入） 13 勹 14 儿 15 匕 16 几（𠘨） 17 亠 18 冫 19 冖 20 凵 21 卩（㔾） 22 刀（刂⺈） 23 力 24 又 25 厶 26 廴
3 strokes	27 干 28 工 29 土（士） 30 艹（艸） 31 寸 32 廾 33 大 34 尢（兀尣） 35 弋 36 小（⺌） 37 口 38 囗 39 山 40 巾 41 彳 42 彡 43 夕 44 夂 45 丬（爿） 46 广 47 门（門） 48 宀 49 辶（辵） 50 彐（⺕彑） 51 尸 52 己（已巳） 53 弓 54 子 55 屮（） 56 女 57 飞（飛） 58 马（馬） 59 幺 60 巛
4 strokes	61 王（玉） 62 无（旡） 63 韦（韋） 64 木（朩） 65 支 66 犬（犭） 67 歹（歺） 68 车（車） 69 牙 70 戈 71 比 72 瓦 73 止 74 攴（攵） 75 日（⺜曰） 76 贝（貝） 77 水（氵氺） 78 见（見） 79 牛（牜） 80 手（扌龵） 81 气 82 毛 83 长（镸長） 84 片 85 斤 86 爪（爫） 87 父 88 月（） 89 氏 90 欠 91 风（風） 92 殳 93 文 94 方 95 火（灬） 96 斗 97 户 98 心（忄⺗） 99 毋（母）
5 strokes	100 示（礻） 101 甘 102 石 103 龙（龍） 104 业 105 目 106 田 107 罒 108 皿 109 生 110 矢 111 禾 112 白 113 瓜 114 鸟（鳥） 115 疒 116 立 117 穴 118 疋（𤴔） 119 皮 120 癶 121 矛
6 strokes	122 耒 123 老（耂） 124 耳 125 臣 126 覀（襾西） 127 而 128 页（頁） 129 至 130 虍（虎） 131 虫 132 肉 133 缶 134 舌 135 竹（𥫗） 136 臼（𦥑） 137 自 138 血 139 舟 140 色 141 齐（齊） 142 衣（衤） 143 羊（⺶𦍌） 144 米 145 聿（肀⺻） 146 艮 147 羽 148 糸（纟糹）
7 strokes	149 麦（麥） 150 走 151 赤 152 豆 153 酉 154 辰 155 豕 156 卤（鹵） 157 里 158 足（𧾷） 159 邑（阝_right） 160 身 161 釆 162 谷 163 豸 164 龟（龜） 165 角 166 言（讠） 167 辛
8 strokes	168 青 169 龺 170 雨 171 非 172 齿（齒） 173 黾（黽） 174 隹 175 阜（阝_left） 176 金（钅） 177 鱼（魚） 178 隶
9 strokes	179 革 180 面 181 韭 182 骨 183 香 184 鬼 185 食（饣飠） 186 音 187 首
10 strokes	188 髟 189 鬲 190 鬥 191 高
11 strokes	192 黄 193 麻 194 鹿
12 strokes	195 鼎 196 黑 197 黍
13 strokes	198 鼓 199 鼠
14 strokes	200 鼻
17 strokes	201 龠
GF 0011-2009 Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components prescribes 201 principle indexing components and 100 associated indexing components (in brackets) used in Simplified Chinese. Not all associated indexing components are listed above.