IDENTITY
小xiǎosmall; little
HSK 1Top 25
CORE MEANING
small; little
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.smallHSK1
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 小small radical (xiǎo)
- strokes
- 3
- Structure
- single component
- IDS sequence
- 小
USAGE
Common words
小姐xiǎojiěmiss (title)
小心xiǎoxīncareful
小学xiǎoxuéprimary school
Graded examples
这个房间很小。Zhège fángjiān hěn xiǎo.HSK1
This room is very small.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A person divided into three tiny parts — small.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #25
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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