せう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of せう – see the following entries.
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
しょう3
[affix] bright
[affix] enlightened, glorious
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.)
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