漢字道KANJIDO

4 strokesRadical

9Elementary year 24 strokesRadical
On
ショウ
Kun
すく(ない)・すこ(し)
Meaning
few, little

Origin

ORIGIN

小 (small) with one more stroke shaved off → even less: few.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

ショウ少年・多少・減少
すくない少ない
すこし少し

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 少年しょうねん

    boy

  • 多少たしょう

    more or less

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

お金が 少ないです。

I have little money.

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