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Kanji Detail for 少 - "few, little, young"

少

  • Meaning

    少 means "few, little, young."

    1. Few - A small number.

    2. Little - Small in amount.

    3. Young - Not old; being a youth.

    4. Lack - To be deficient.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    few; little

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    few, less, inadequate

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    few, little; less; inadequate

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Not many. When this is less than that, it's also 少. Such as 共少若干. Colloquially, losing items is also called 少. Such as 缺少, 短少. | Brief; not long. Such as a short while is called 少頃. | Short. Criticizing someone is called 少之, just as praising is called 多之. | Opposite of old. Such as 少年, 少壯. | Deputy. Such as 太師, 太傅, 太保 have deputies 少師, 少傅, 少保.
  • Onyomitip

    shoh(ショウ) ショウ

  • Kunyomitip

    sukoshi(すこ-し) すこ-し

    suku.nai(すく-ない) すく-ない

  • Strokestip

    4 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    小 (sho・shogashira・naogashira)

  • Related Keywords
    few little small young minor slight scarce rare minimal limited youth juvenile shortage lack deficient brief momentary reduce less

Sentences including 少

  • A little more to the right , so !

  • We make not a few mistakes when speaking in english.

  • What a kind girl she is !

  • The boy drew a picture on the wall.

  • I met an american girl.

  • Few know the truth of the matter.

  • He is as tall as any boy in his class.

  • I'm sorry. would you mind turning around?

  • A short walk brought me to the museum.

  • I asked the doctor some questions.

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