Small

N5 · 3 stroke · 25 kanji

A tiny vertical center stroke flanked by two even smaller side dots — small in every direction.

Three strokes, but all of them tiny. A short center line stands upright, and two little drops fall to either side. The whole character whispers: I am small, I am little, I take up almost nothing. Anything minute, minor, or miniature lives under the flag of 小.

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Kanji using this radical
2 kanji
Few / Little
すく・ない · しょう
Light / Radiance
ひかり · こう

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