Question

少 すく.ない、すこ.し 少し(すこし): (1) small quantity; little; few; something (2) little while (3) short distance少年(しょうねん): boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad少なくとも(すくなくとも): at least減少(げんしょう): decrease; reduction; decline少数(しょうすう): minority; few少女(しょうじょ): young lady; little girl; virgin; maiden; daughter多少(たしょう): more or less; somewhat; a little; some少々(しょうしょう): just a minute; small quantity少ない(すくない): few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom青少年(せいしょうねん): youth; young person少しも(すこしも): anything of; not one bit (with negative sentence) 2 小: little; small丿: katakana no radical (no. 4) 小 3 (none) few Few usually refers to three. To emphasize three, we underline the three drops in little.

Accepted Answer

ショウ few, little 5 287 4 42 しょう・ちいさい・なおがしら・つ 象形 Pictographic Only a few people can make an ugly face like that. 111

Kanji	少
Onyomi	ショウ
Kunyomi	すく.ない、すこ.し
English	few, little
Examples	少し(すこし): (1) small quantity; little; few; something (2) little while (3) short distance 少年(しょうねん): boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad 少なくとも(すくなくとも): at least 減少(げんしょう): decrease; reduction; decline 少数(しょうすう): minority; few 少女(しょうじょ): young lady; little girl; virgin; maiden; daughter 多少(たしょう): more or less; somewhat; a little; some 少々(しょうしょう): just a minute; small quantity 少ない(すくない): few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom 青少年(せいしょうねん): youth; young person 少しも(すこしも): anything of; not one bit (with negative sentence)
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	287
Components	小: little; small 丿: katakana no radical (no. 4)
Number of Strokes	4
Kanji Radical	小
Radical Number	42
Radical Strokes	3
Radical Reading	しょう・ちいさい・なおがしら・つ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	few
Koohii Story 1	Only a few people can make an ugly face like that.
Koohii Story 2	Few usually refers to three. To emphasize three, we underline the three drops in little.
RTK Index (new)	111

Small Young Boy Youth 少 ショウ すく.ない、すこ.し 少し(すこし

Small Young Boy Youth 少ショウすく.ない、すこ.し少し(すこし