Mnemonic comic for 小

Translation

xiǎo = xi + ao3: small / tiny / few / young

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol: a small daisy. 小 looks like the stem 亅 of the flower is pushing aside the earth 八 as it grows out of the seed in the ground.

Xi Shi (xi) is decorating her hair with lots of small (小) daisies (mnemonic symbol for 小) in the aorta’s living room (ao3). She wants to have lots of daisies in the future as well, so she plants new daisies. She found that the perfect substrate for planting daisies is made by crushing eight-balls (八) with a crow bar (亅).

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小 character breakdown

小
- 八
  - 丿
  - ㇏
- 亅

Component Translations

八

bā = b + a1

eight; 8

亅

jué = ju + e2

"vertical stroke with hook" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 6) / see also 豎鉤|竖钩[shu4 gou1]

Characters with 小 as component

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东

東

dōng = du + (e)ng1

east / host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest) / landlord

光

guāng = gu + ang1

light / ray / CL:道[dao4] / bright / only / merely / to use up

朩

one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "pin"), an ancient Korean writing system

Words with 小

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小

xiǎo

孩

hái

子

child

小

xiǎo

偷

tōu

thief

小

xiǎo

事

shì

trifle / trivial matter / CL:點|点[dian3]

Sentences with 小

你

nǐ

这

zhè

小

xiǎo

小

xiǎo

的

毛

máo

猴

hóu

You're just a small monkey!

Prompt snippets

A daisy is a simple, cheerful flower with bright white petals radiating around a golden-yellow center. Its round, symmetrical shape and fresh green stem give it a clean, natural charm.