xiaoxue

{{More citations needed|date=November 2024}}{{Short description|Twentieth solar term of traditional East Asian calendars}}

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{{Chinese

|c={{lang|zh|小雪}}

|l=minor snow

|p=xiǎoxuě

|bpmf=ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄒㄩㄝˇ

|j=siu² syut³

|y=síu syut

|kanji={{lang|ja|小雪}}

|hiragana=しょうせつ

|romaji=geshi

|hanja={{lang|ko|小雪}}

|hangul=소설

|rr=soseol

|qn=tiểu tuyết

|chuhan=小雪

}}

{{Solar terms}}

The traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms (節氣). Xiǎoxuě ({{CJKV|t=小雪|s=小雪|p=xiǎoxuě}}) is the 20th solar term.{{Cite book |last=Gyllenbok |first=Jan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnRVDwAAQBAJ&dq=Xi%C7%8Eoxu%C4%9B+calendar&pg=PA275 |title=Encyclopaedia of Historical Metrology, Weights, and Measures: Volume 1 |date=2018-04-11 |publisher=Birkhäuser |isbn=978-3-319-57598-8 |language=en}} It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 240° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 255°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 240°. In the Gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 22 November and ends around 7 December.