A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body appears: small.

Top: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small), bottom: extra stroke ノ
Such a small stroke is too few.

Top: small 小, bottom: hand /彐
Even a small hand acts as such.

Left: child 子 (A child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two help-seeking arms 一), right: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small)
The child who is the smallest is the grandson.

From top: small 小, cover 冖, cloud, to say 云
If the small (thing) on the cover tastes like a cloud, that's I want to try/taste.

Top: lying person as a variant of 人, bottom: small 小
A lying person appears small, that's therefore thus.

Top: small 小, bottom: house 冂 with a window 口
He has a little house with a window, which he values.

Left: metal 钅/金, right: small 小, money 贝
It's made of metal and you can lock-in your small change with it: The lock.

Top: small 小, bottom: earth 土
The 'small earth' is the dust.

Left: hand 扌, right: 当 (=small 小 hand /彐)
With a hand, a small hand is kept off.

Top: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small), bottom: big 大
If the 'small' is a part of the 'big', it is its pointed end.

Left: hill 阝, right: sun 日 with rays to all directions: 小 小
(It causes a shadow:) The hill causes, when the sun is shining to all directions: a crack or gap.

Left: movement 辶, right: grandson 孙 (The child 子 who is the smallest 小 is the grandson.)
(Reached the age limit:) The movement, when the grandson comes is to abdicate modestly.