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small 小
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A person with tight arms
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小
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| small, tiny, few, young
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A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body appears: small.
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少
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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| few, little
shǎo, shào
少
小
ノ
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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.
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当
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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| to act as, match equally, suitable, adequate
dāng, dàng
小
彐
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Top: small 小, bottom: hand  /彐
Even a small hand acts as such.
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孙
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| grandson, descendant
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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.
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尝
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| to taste (food), to try, already, ever, once
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From top: small 小, cover 冖, cloud, to say 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
If the small (thing) on the cover tastes like a cloud, that's I want to try/taste.
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尔
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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| thus, therefore, so, like that
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Top: lying person  as a variant of 人, bottom: small 小
A lying person appears small, that's therefore thus.
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尚
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to value, esteem, yet, still
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Top: small 小, bottom: house 冂 with a window 口
He has a little house with a window, which he values.
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锁
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| to lock up, to lock
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Left: metal 钅/金, right: small 小 & money 贝
It's made of metal to lock-up your small change: The lock.
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尘
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| dust, dirt, earth
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Top: small 小, bottom: earth 土
The 'small earth' is the dust.
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挡
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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| keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block
dǎng, dàng
扌
小
彐
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Left: hand 扌, right: 当 (=small 小 hand /彐)
With a hand, a small hand is kept off.
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尖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| pointed (needle), sharp, shrewd
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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.
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隙
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| crack, crevice, gap or interval, discord, rift
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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.
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逊
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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| to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to
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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.
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