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소 Hanja 小 in 13 Korean words

read 소 음13 words 낱말from TOPIK 2 2급 9 more read 소 동음

小 is read 소 and builds 13 of the Korean words on this site — 소설 (novel), 중소기업 (small and medium-sized businesses) and 최소한 (minimum) among them. Every one is below, with the character marked inside its spelling; each links to the word's full entry.

앞As the first character — 9 words

소설 小說 novel TOPIK 2 소형 小型 small size TOPIK 4 소설가 小說家 novelist TOPIK 3 소규모 小規模 small scale TOPIK 4 소품 小品 small decorative item TOPIK 5 소주제 小主題 small topics Common 소포 小包 parcel TOPIK 2 소폭 小幅 a narrow width/range e.g. 소폭상승 Common 소아과 小兒科 pediatrics TOPIK 3

뒤As the last character — 2 words

축소 縮小 reduction TOPIK 4 최소 最小 minimum TOPIK 4

가운데In the middle — 2 words

중소기업 中小企業 small and medium-sized businesses TOPIK 4 최소한 最小限 minimum TOPIK 4

같은 소리, 다른 글자9 other characters are also read 소

Hangul spells all of them 소. This is where Korean's homophones come from, and telling them apart is what the character is for.

所 소 45 消 소 15 素 소 14 少 소 11 訴 소 7 疏 소 5 紹 소 3 掃 소 3 騷 소 3

함께 쓰이는 글자Characters it combines with

The other halves of the words above, each with the commonest word the two build together. Every one is a page of its own.

最 최 최소한 最小限 2 shared words 說 설 소설 小說 2 shared words 主 주 소주제 小主題 1 shared word 中 중 중소기업 中小企業 1 shared word 家 가 소설가 小說家 1 shared word 業 업 중소기업 中小企業 1 shared word 品 품 소품 小品 1 shared word 科 과 소아과 小兒科 1 shared word 限 한 최소한 最小限 1 shared word 規 규 소규모 小規模 1 shared word 題 제 소주제 小主題 1 shared word 模 모 소규모 小規模 1 shared word

All 1,087 characters › — or read why hanja is worth an hour if this is the first one you have opened.

Hanja spellings, word meanings and TOPIK grades from the 국립국어원 한국어기초사전, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 KR.

The reading 소 is derived from the alignment between these words' Hangul and their hanja spellings, not taken from a character dictionary — which is also why no 훈 is shown.