Kanji Detail for 僅 - "merely, slight"

僅

Jōyō Kanji

Meaning

僅 means "merely, slight." Also associated with very little.
1. Merely - Only; just; barely.
2. Slight - Small in degree; minimal.
3. Barely - Just; scarcely; hardly.
Tattoo check: 僅
- Verified meaning: merely, slight
- Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
- Also carries these associations: very little
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

a wee bit

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

only, merely, solely, just

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

barely; only; merely

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

only, merely, solely, just

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

Few; merely. Meaning limited to this. Such as 絕無僅有 (extremely rare).
Onyomi

gon(ゴン)

kin(キン)
Kunyomi

wazuka(わず-か)
Strokes

13 strokes
Radical

人亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)
Related Keywords

merely slight very little barely close only just almost few hardly limited marginally minimal narrowly restricted scarcely simply small solely trifling

その列車の乗客はほんの僅かしかいない。
There are very few passengers in the train.
僅かな不注意が大惨事に繋がる恐れがある。
Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.
僅かながらの私の持っていたお金を全部彼に与えた。
I gave him what little money I had.
所属していた組織に対する、長期間に渡る忠勤ぶりにもかかわらず、彼が報われたのは僅かな金額に過ぎなかった。
For his length of loyal service to his organization, he was only repaid in chicken feed.
最初に大学に入って一番驚いたのは、効果的な勉強方法を知っているクラスメートがごく僅かだったということだ。
What surprised me most when I first entered college was how few of my classmates knew how to study efficiently.
割当て金は僅かなものだ。体育館を建てるにも足らないだろう。ましてや、本部を建てるのに、足りるわけがない。
The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building.