The Chinese Radical: 小


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Meaning
small    小

Explanation A person with tight arms

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

A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body appears: small.  
HSK 1
few, little
shǎo, shào
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.  
HSK 3
to act as, match equally, suitable, adequate
dāng, dàng
Top: small 小, bottom: hand /彐
Even a small hand acts as such.  
HSK 4
grandson, descendant
sūn
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.  
HSK 4
to taste (food), to try, already, ever, once
cháng
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.  
HSK 4
thus, therefore, so, like that
ěr
Top: lying person as a variant of 人, bottom: small 小
A lying person appears small, that's therefore thus.  
HSK 5
to value, esteem, yet, still
shàng
Top: small 小, bottom: house 冂 with a window 口
He has a little house with a window, which he values.  
HSK 5
to lock up, to lock
suǒ
Left: metal 钅/金, right: small 小 & money 贝
It's made of metal to lock-up your small change: The lock.  
HSK 5
dust, dirt, earth
chén
Top: small 小, bottom: earth 土
The 'small earth' is the dust.  
HSK 5
keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block
dǎng, dàng
Left: hand 扌, right: 当 (=small 小 hand /彐)
With a hand, a small hand is kept off.  
HSK 6
pointed (needle), sharp, shrewd
jiān
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.  
HSK 6
crack, crevice, gap or interval, discord, rift

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.  
HSK 6
to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to
xùn
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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