小 xiǎo
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 小 — small, tiny, insignificant
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
小组
xiǎozǔ
small group
Characters in this word
组 zǔ
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我们是小组。 Wǒmen shì xiǎozǔ. We are a small group.
- 小组一起学。 Xiǎozǔ yìqǐ xué. The group studies together.
- 这个小组很忙。 Zhège xiǎozǔ hěn máng. This group is very busy.
Related words
- 小 xiǎo small, little
- 小孩儿 xiǎoháir child
- 小姐 xiǎojiě miss, young lady
- 小朋友 xiǎopéngyǒu child, kid
- 小时 xiǎoshí hour
- 小学 xiǎoxué primary school
- 小学生 xiǎoxuéshēng primary school student
- 从小 cóngxiǎo from childhood
- 大小 dàxiǎo size
- 小 xiǎo little (affectionate prefix)
- 小声 xiǎoshēng in a low voice; quietly
- 小时候 xiǎoshíhou in childhood; when young