Xiaoshu

{{Short description|Eleventh solar term of traditional East Asian calendars}}

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{{Chinese

|c={{lang|zh|小暑}}

|l=minor heat

|p=xiǎoshǔ

|bpmf=ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ

|j=siu² syu²

|y=síu syú

|kanji={{lang|ja|小暑}}

|hiragana=しょうしょ

|romaji=shōsho

|qn=tiểu thử

|chuhan=小暑

}}

{{Solar terms}}

小暑 or 小暑 (in chinese), Shōsho, Soseo, Tiểu thử or Xiǎoshǔ (in pinyin) is the 11th solar term, in the traditional chinese lunisolar calendar which divides a year into 24 ones.{{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Peiyu |last2=Hunag |first2=Hongfeng |title=The Twenty-four Solar Terms of the Chinese Calendar and the Calculation for Them |journal=Purple Mountain Observatory |date=1994 |url=https://en.cnki.com.cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-GXKK403.013.htm}}

It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 105° (more often referring in particular to the precise day when our star is exactly at this one), and ends when it reaches the 120th (in the Gregorian calendar it usually begins around 7 July and ends around 22 July or 23 in East Asia time).{{Cite web |title=The 24 solar terms: part four-SSCP |url=http://www.csstoday.com/Item/1717.aspx |access-date=2023-10-05 |website=www.csstoday.com}}