少
commonfew; little
Radical: 小 (small). Strokes: 4画. Elements: ノ小. . Hangul: 소 [so].
Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade. JLPT N4.
Example compounds:
| ショウSHŌ | 少尉【しょういshōi】second lieutenant; sublieutenant; ensign 美少年【びしょうねんbishōnen】handsome youth (male); pretty boy 過少【かしょうkashō】too few |
| すくないsukunai | 少ない【すくないsukunai】few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom 額が少ない【がくがすくないgakugasukunai】insufficient (money, etc.) 頼み少ない【たのみすくないtanomisukunai】helpless |
| すこしsukoshi | 少しも【すこしもsukoshimo】anything of; not one bit (with negative sentence) 少し【すこしsukoshi】small quantity; little while; short distance 今少し【いますこしimasukoshi】a little more |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 5c11 | – | Unicode |
| 30-15 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 4-4-4 | – | SKIP |
| 3n1.1 | – | TKD |
| 9020.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 1160 | – | De Roo |
| 166 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 1390 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 3467 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 2163 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 106 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 231 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 88 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 129 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 7475 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 4 p. 89 |
| 143 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 144 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 93 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 47 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 160 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 95 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 153 | – | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power by D. Crowley |
| 105 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 2.17 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 512 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 107 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |