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Chinese
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small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young
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country; state; nation
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| trad. (小國)
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小
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國
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| simp. (小国)
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小
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国
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| anagram
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國小／国小
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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小
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國
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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xiǎo
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guó
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ sjewX ›
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‹ kwok ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*ewʔ/
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/*ʷˁək/
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| English
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small
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state (n.)
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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小
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國
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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13705
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5547
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Phonetic
component
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小
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或
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Rime
group
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宵
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職
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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小
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國
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Old
Chinese
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/*smewʔ/
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/*kʷɯːɡ/
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| Notes
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甲金文象沙而指小，
指事字
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Noun
小國
- small country; small nation
Antonyms
Derived terms