Radical 42

小
41 ⼨ ◄	42	► ⼪ 43
Pinyin :	xiǎo (= small)
Zhuyin :	ㄒ ㄧ ㄠ ˇ
Hiragana :	ツ tsu or ち い さ い chiisai
Kanji :	小 chiisai (= small) or 尚 頭 naogashira
Hangul :	작을
Sinocorean :	소
Codepoint :	U + 5C0F
Stroke sequence :

The radical 42 with the meaning "small" is one of 31 traditional radicals of Chinese characters , consisting of three strokes.

In the upper position above the components 冖 or 冂, the two short side lines of this radical run towards each other instead of apart. This is the case with the abbreviations 尝 (= try) and 尚 (= respect). With the character 光 (= ray of light), on the other hand, the fire 火 can still be seen in the seal font above.

Examples of compositions with this radical are:

character	Explanation
尘	The character for dust is made up of the radical 小 (= small) and the radical 32土 (= earth). However, this applies only to the one used in the PRC abbreviation for.
尖	The character for point is made up of the radical 小 and the radical 37大 (= large).
雀	The character for sparrow is made up of the radical 小 and the radical 隹 (= bird with a short tail). However, this only applies to the abbreviation in the People's Republic of China.

Character compounds ruled by radical 42

Strokes	character
+ 00	小
+ 01	尐 少
+ 02	尒 尓 尔 尕
+ 03	尖 尗 尘 当
+ 05	尙 尚
+ 06	尛 尜 尝
+ 09	尞
+10	尟 尠
+11	尡

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 42 is coded under the code point number 12.073 (U + 2F29).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 244 .
• Cecilia Lindqvist : A world of signs - about the Chinese and their writing . Droemer Knaur, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-426-26482-X , p. 333 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 42  - Graphic representations of Radikal 42

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 42 on page 30