EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    short piece (of music, writing); small work (painting, sculpture, etc.); literary sketch; essay

  2. small article; small item

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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

goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses

Kun
しな
On
ヒン、ホン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
225 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
2-3-6SKIP code
3d6.15The Kanji Dictionary
6066.0Four corner code
3777deroo
54c1Unicode hex code
1-41-42JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
923Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
792New Nelson (John Haig)
2248New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2795Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1437Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1937Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
23Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
23Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
138A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
916Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
146Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3581Morohashi
382A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
230Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
230Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
311sakade
138Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
405henshall3
345Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
372crowley
683Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.11busy_people
328Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
23Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
pin3Pinyin reading
pumKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level