(42-3) 小 tiểu

::: 小   小   小   小   小   小   小   小 :::(xiǎo) tiểu:::

* Character detail:

Bộ 小 (xiǎo): small; tiểu -->> ý nghĩa: nhỏ bé
* Stroke: shu gou, dian, dian (3 strokes) (Thứ tự nét: Giữa trước, 2 bên sau)
* Note: (会意) Associative Compound. Something divided 八 (bā) (number 8; all around; all sides) into pieces by a tool 亅.

* Word detail:

* 小 (xiǎo) (a): small, tiny; KangXi radical 42

* Traditional vs. Simplified:

* same

(41-3) 寸 thốn

(Commons)

::: 寸   寸   寸   寸   寸   寸   寸   寸:::(cùn) thốn:::

* Character detail:

Bộ 寸 (cùn): inch; thốn (đơn vị đo chiều dài) -->> ý nghĩa: đơn vị 'tấc' (đo chiều dài)
* Stroke: heng, shu gou, dian (3 strokes) (Thứ tự nét: Ngang trước Sổ sau)
* Note: (指事) Indicative. A hand with the indicator mark 丶 pointing to the wrist, which is about an inch away.

* Word detail:

* 寸 (cùn): thốn, inch; KangXi radical 41

* Traditional vs. Simplified:

* same

(40-3) 宀 miên

(Commons)

::: 宀   宀   宀   宀   宀   宀   宀   宀 :::(mián) miên:::(Keyboard: 宀 Bao gai er bao)

* Character detail:

Bộ 宀 (mián): roof; miên -->> ý nghĩa: mái nhà, mái che
* Stroke: dian, dian, heng gou (3 strokes)

* Word detail:

* 宀 (mián): roof; KangXi radical 40; occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc; see also (寶蓋)

* Traditional vs. Simplified:

* same

(39-3) 子 tử

(Commons)

::: 子   子   子   子   子   子   子   子 :::(zǐ) tử:::

* Character detail:

Bộ 子 (zǐ, zi): child; tử -->> ý nghĩa: con; tiếng tôn xưng: 'Thầy', 'Ngài'

* Stroke: heng gou, shu gou, heng (3 strokes)
* Note: (象形) Pictographic. Picture of baby with outstretched arms, legs still hidden by a blanket.

- Its inverted image is ��.

* Word detail:

* 子 (zǐ): child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位); KangXi radical 39
* 子 (zi): (noun suffix)

* Traditional vs. Simplified:

* same