Entry
  1. Prefix

    small; little

    Usually written using kana aloneArchaicいさら usu. refers to water

Also written 些【いさら】細【いさら】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow, detailed, precise

Kun
ほそ.いほそ.るこま.かこま.かい
On
サイ
Strokes
11
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N2
Frequency
537 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 17

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-6-5SKIP code
6a5.1The Kanji Dictionary
2690.0Four corner code
2776deroo
7d30Unicode hex code
1-26-57JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3522Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4472New Nelson (John Haig)
1333New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1689Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
900Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1220Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1363Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1463Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
721A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1958Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
701Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27344Morohashi
284A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
695Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
708Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
218sakade
812Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
140henshall3
205Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
123Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1525Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1375Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xi4Pinyin reading
seKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
17WaniKani level
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