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The kanji 少: meaning, readings and stroke order
少
- Meaning
- few, a little
- On reading
- ショウ shou
- Kun reading
- すく（ない） sukunai、すこ（し） sukoshi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 小 small, insignificant
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- ít, một chút (thiếu)
- Japanese
- すくない。すこし。
- Korean
- 적다, 조금 (소)
- Chinese
- 少、一点儿
Readings, words and example sentences
ショウ shou · on reading
少女
girl
本の 中の 少女は とても 元気です。
The girl in the book is full of energy.
すく（ない） sukunai · kun reading
少ない
few, little
今年は 雨が 少ないです。
There is little rain this year.
すこ（し） sukoshi · kun reading
少し
a little
もう 少し まって ください。
Please wait a little longer.
Practise writing 少 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 少 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.