しょう
shō

Noun
Prefix

1. smallness; small item

だい、小 しょうか。
taika shōka.
Large or small?
Noun

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

Abbreviation
Related to 小の月
Noun
Prefix

3. elementary school

Abbreviation
Related to 小学校
Prefix

4. smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior

Prefix

5. younger (of two people with the same name); junior

Noun

6. unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m)

Archaic