Ideographic: Dividing 八 by a line 亅Radical:

meaning for xiǎo:

  • - small
  • - tiny
  • - few
  • - younghour
  • - Classifiers: 个 novel
  • - fiction
  • - Classifiers: 本 elementary school
  • - primary school
  • - Classifiers: 个 groupdimension
  • - magnitude
  • - size
  • - measurement
  • - large and small
  • - at any rate
  • - adults and children
  • - consideration of seniority

qiánmiàn前面
yǒuyīgè有一个
xiǎo
gōngyuán公园

There is a small park in front.


xiǎo

She is younger than I am.


suīrán虽然
niánjì年纪
xiǎo
dàn
fēicháng非常
cōngming聪明

Although he is young, he is very intelligent.


niánjì年纪
suī
xiǎo
dànshì但是
què
hěn
pàng

Although he's young, he's really chubby.


zhǐshì只是
xiǎo
wèntí问题

That's a minor issue.