kanjisense

few; little

  • primary grade 2
  • Jōyō
  • □ character + ○ component
  • sound mark

components

small "baby"
"swiping hand"
Japanese on'yomi
ショウ shō
Mandarin Chinese
not available
Cantonese
not available
Korean
not available
Vietnamese
not available
more
Japanese kun'yomi
すくないsukunai
・すこしsukoshi

used as a component in:

  • walk 
    ホ boˎ
  • exquisite 
    ミョウ myeuˎ
  • sand 
    サ sạ
  • focus 
    セイ sẹngˬ
  • phonetic "sa" 
    サ sạ
  • inferiority 
    レツ lwėt
  • guest 
    ヒン pyīn
  • second (1/60 minute) 
    ビョウ myeuˬ
  • gauze 
    サ sạ
  • extract 
    ショウ tsʻạu
  • selection 
    ショウ tsʻạu
  • broil 
    ショウ tsʻạuˬ
  • + 1 more
in your browser: 少 U+5C11
traditional radical: 42 小  (+1)