しょ

noun, noun used as a prefix

  1. smallness, small item.

noun

Abbreviation.
  1. short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days).

noun, noun used as a prefix

Abbreviation.
  1. elementary school.

noun used as a prefix

  1. smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name), inferior.
  2. younger (of two people with the same name), junior.

noun

Archaism.
  1. unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
しょう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)