Memory phrase for the character: 小

小

Hanzi-Trainer
 

Meaning

small, tiny, few, young

Pronunciation

xiǎo

Explanation

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

Radicals

小 smallA person with tight arms appears small.
八 eightThe eight 八 can probably be understood as two hands with outstretched fingers, but without the thumbs, which adds up to eight.




 Vocabulary

大小 dà xiǎo  dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; adults and children; consideration of seniority
小腿 xiǎo tuǐ  calf (of the leg)
小册子 xiǎo cè zi  booklet; pamphlet; leaflet; information sheet; menu
小白鼠 xiǎo bái shǔ  little white mouse (esp. laboratory animal); fig. guinea pig, i.e. human participant in experiment
小丑 xiǎo chǒu  clown
小心谨慎 xiǎo xīn jǐn shèn  cautious and timid (idiom); prudent; careful
小肠 xiǎo cháng  small intestine
狭小 xiá xiǎo  narrow
矮小 ǎi xiǎo  short and small; low and small; undersized
小溪 xiǎo xī  brook; streamlet
小贩 xiǎo fàn  peddler; hawker
 

At the page you get the memory phrases for learning the Chinese Hanzi. If you are learning the Japanese kanji, please follow this link.
List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer