Radical 42
Radical 42 meaning "small" or "insignificant" is 1 of 31 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of three strokes.
| 小 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 小 (U+5C0F) "small, insignificant" | ||
| Pinyin: | xiǎo | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄒㄧㄠˇ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | sheau | |
| Wade–Giles: | hsiao3 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | síu | |
| Jyutping: | siu2 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | siáu | |
| Kana: | shō (sē), chiisai ショー (セー), ちいさい | |
| Kanji: | 小 shō | |
| Hangul: | 작을 jageul | |
| Sino-Korean: | 소 so | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 41 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 42
Oracle bone script character
Bronze script character
Great seal script character
Small seal script character
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 小 |
| 1 additional stroke | 尐 少 |
| 2 additional strokes | 尒 尓 尔 尕 |
| 3 additional strokes | 尖 尗 尘 当 |
| 5 additional strokes | 尙 尚 |
| 6 additional strokes | 尛 尜 尝 |
| 9 additional strokes | 尞 |
| 10 additional strokes | 尟 尠 |
| 11 additional strokes | 尡 |
Literature
- Fazzioli, Edoardo. Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York, 1987: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.CS1 maint: location (link)
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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