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little

On-Yomi: ショウ — Kun-Yomi: ちい.さい、こ-、お-、さ-

Elements:

little, small

Heisig story:

The sense of little that this character represents is not the same as "a little bit." That meaning comes in the next frame. Here little means "small" or "tiny." The image is one of three little drops, the first of which (the one in the middle) is written larger so that the kanji has some shape to it. The point of writing it three times is to rub the point in: little, little, nothing but little.

Heisig comment:

* The primitive of the same shape keeps the same meaning. Written above a horizontal line, its form is slightly altered, the last two strokes turning inwards.

Koohii stories:

1) [Harrow] 3-9-2008(121): A little penguin with its wings at its side.

2) [pageturner1988] 13-9-2007(37): A depressed child, head low and arms hung low, because he's too little to ride the roller coaster.

3) [moojitsu] 11-10-2006(17): Hold something little in-between your fingertips and it'll look like this Kanji here. :).

4) [aquanoodle] 25-3-2008(15): Little little little drops…

5) [Uli_S] 10-9-2009(10): Ohh, how cute - a little penguin!

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