发小

Traditional form:

髮小

Pinyin (reading):

fàxiǎo

Definitions:

• (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with
• a couple who grew up as childhood friends

Characters:

• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 小 - small, tiny, insignificant

Traditional characters:

• 髮 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 小 - small, tiny, insignificant