KANAE
Character · Qualities

小

こばん kobanしょう shōせきしょう sekishōこみの komino

small

Composition

123

Origin

Three small dots, tiny grains or slivers: the image of the minute.

In the thoughts

  1. 小判kobangold coin
  2. 積小sekishōamassing the small
  3. 小蓑kominolittle straw coat

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 021 Gold coins to a cat.
  2. 127 The large holds the small.
  3. 197 Accumulating the small builds the great.
  4. 217 First winter rain — the monkey too seems to wish for a little straw coat.

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