せう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of せう – see the following entries.

【小しょう】1 [noun] smallness; small size, small (sometimes used as an abbreviation for small serving, etc.) [noun] Short for 小の月 (shō no tsuki). [noun] (historical) during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, a unit of field area equal to around 400 square metres (Can we verify(+) this sense?) [prefix] small, little [suffix] suffix after names of elementary schools [proper noun] a surname

【昭しょう】3 [affix] bright [affix] enlightened, glorious

【梢しょう】J [proper noun] a female given name

【少輔しょう】 [noun] junior assistant minister in Ritsuryō

(This term, せう, is a historical kana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as せう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as せう.)