少
少 — so
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 적을 소
- Romanization
- so
- English
- few, less, inadequate
- Mandarin
- shǎo
- Japanese on'yomi
- ショウ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- すく.ない すこ.し
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Grade 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #287 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 小 (42, 1 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5C11
Parts that make up 少
Korean example words with 少
- 소배少輩 Korean gloss: 젊은 축
- 과소寡少 Korean gloss: 아주 적음
- 극소極少 Korean gloss: 아주 적음
- 미소微少 Korean gloss: 아주 적음
- 소량少量 Korean gloss: 적은 분량
- 소수少數 Korean gloss: 적은 수효
- 소시少時 Korean gloss: 젊었을 때
- 소액少額 Korean gloss: 적은 액수
- 소첩少妾 Korean gloss: 나이 어린 첩
- 희소稀少 Korean gloss: 매우 드물고 적음
- 노소老少 Korean gloss: 늙은이와 젊은이를 아울러 이르는 말
- 소년少年 Korean gloss: 젊은 나이. 또는 그런 나이의 사람
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 少
- 少しすこし a little; a bit; a small amount
- 少年しょうねん boy; juvenile; child
- 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 small number; few; minority
- 少女しょうじょ girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
- 多少たしょう a little; some; somewhat
- 青少年せいしょうねん young people (ages 12 to 25); youth; the younger generation
- 少量しょうりょう small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness
- 最年少さいねんしょう youngest
- 少々しょうしょう a little; a bit; a small amount
- 少ないすくない few; little; small (amount)
Characters sharing the phonetic 少
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “소”
Other hanja with radical 小
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