The Chinese Radical: 小


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Meaning
small    小

Explanation A person with tight arms

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
small, tiny, few, young
xiǎo

A person with the arms close to the body appears: small.
JLPT HSK 1
few, little
shǎo, shào
Top: small (A person with the arms close to the body is small), bottom: extra stroke
Such a small stroke is too few.
JLPT HSK 3
to act as, match equally, suitable, adequate
dāng, dàng
Top: small , bottom: hand /
Even a small hand acts as such.
JLPT HSK 4
grandson, descendant
sūn
Left: child (A child with an emphasized head , body 丿 and two help-seeking arms ), right: small (A person with the arms close to the body is small)
The child who is the smallest is the grandson.
JLPT HSK 4
to taste (food), to try, already, ever, once
cháng
From top: small , cover , cloud, to say (It can drip from both , namely from noses or: clouds)
If the small (thing) on the cover tastes like a cloud, that's I want to try/taste.
JLPT HSK 4
thus, therefore, so, like that
ěr
Top: lying person as a variant of , bottom: small
A lying person appears small, that's therefore thus.
JLPT HSK 5
to value, esteem, yet, still
shàng
Top: small , bottom: house with a window
He has a little house with a window, which he values.
JLPT HSK 5
to lock up, to lock
suǒ
Left: metal 钅/, right: small & money
It's made of metal to lock-up your small change: The lock.
JLPT HSK 5
dust, dirt, earth
chén
Top: small , bottom: earth
The 'small earth' is the dust.
JLPT HSK 5
keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block
dǎng, dàng
Left: hand , right: 当 (=small hand /)
With a hand, a small hand is kept off.
JLPT HSK 6
pointed (needle), sharp, shrewd
jiān
Top: small (A person with the arms close to the body is small), bottom: big
If the 'small' is a part of the 'big', it is its pointed end.
JLPT HSK 6
crack, crevice, gap or interval, discord, rift

Left: hill , right: sun with rays to all directions:
(It causes a shadow:) The hill causes, when the sun is shining to all directions: a crack or gap.
JLPT HSK 6
to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to
xùn
Left: movement , right: grandson 孙 (The child who is the smallest is the grandson.)
(Reached the age limit:) The movement, when the grandson comes is to abdicate modestly.

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