EntryCommon
  1. Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun

    as a child; when one was a child

    ケーキ職人は小さい頃からの夢でした。
    From childhood I dreamed of being a pastry cook.

Also written 小さいころ【ちいさいころ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

little, small

Kun
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On
ショウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
114 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
3n0.1The Kanji Dictionary
9000.0Four corner code
1141deroo
5c0fUnicode hex code
1-30-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1355Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389New Nelson (John Haig)
7New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
105Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
63A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
21Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7473Morohashi
36A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24sakade
46Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
27henshall3
15Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
126crowley
88Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
511Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
106Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao3Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

time, about, toward

Kun
ころごろしばら.く
On
ケイキョウ
Strokes
11
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2015 of 2500
Radical
leaf
WaniKani
Level 45

Built from

Used in names as

ころも

Dictionary and index codes (21)
CodeReference
1-2-9SKIP code
9a2.2The Kanji Dictionary
2178.6Four corner code
9803Unicode hex code
1-26-02JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
754Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6615New Nelson (John Haig)
144New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
163Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
124Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2791Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
479Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1691A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1906Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
43338Morohashi
1532Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
291crowley
453Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qing3, qing1Pinyin reading
gyeong, gyuKorean reading
45WaniKani level