ショウ, すく.ない, すこ.し
few, little

This kanji has 4 strokes: including a single stroke in the "kana-no" radical 丿 (てん) and 3 other strokes.

Sample compounds (24) :

  1. しも
    すこしも
    (id) anything of, not one bit
  2. しずつ
    すこしずつ
    little by little
  3. なくも
    すくなくも
    at least
  4. なからず
    すくなからず
    considerably, not a little, in no small numbers

  5. しょうしょう
    (id) just a minute, small quantity

  6. しょうしょう
    (id) just a minute, small quantity

  7. しょうい
    second lieutenant, ensign

  8. いますこし
    a little more

  9. きんしょう
    few, little, insignificant

  10. たしょう
    (a-no) more or less, somewhat, a little, some

  11. しょうじょ
    daughter, young lady, virgin, little girl

  12. かしょう
    (a-no) little, few, scanty

  13. びしょう
    infinitesimal

  14. しょうおん
    small favors

  15. しょうてき
    weak opponent, weak enemy

  16. さいしょう
    smallest, minimum, least

  17. しょりん
    Shaolin (in Ch)

  18. げんしょう
    decrease, reduction, decline

  19. しょうしゃ
    young person

  20. しょうよく
    a little covetousness

  21. けいしょう
    (an) trifling, slight

  22. しょうかん
    short interval of leisure
  23. ない
    がくがすくない
    to be insufficient (money or things)

  24. せんしょう
    (an) very little, quite few
Kanji Character : 少
Kuten Encoding : 3015
SJIS Encoding : 3e2f
Unicode Encoding : 5c11
Old Nelson Index : 166
Radical Number : 4
Classical Radical Number : 42
Frequency Ranking : 200
Gakken Index : 231
Grade Level : 2
Halpern Index : 3467
Heisig Index : 106
Henshall Index : 143
New Nelson Index : 1390
O'Neil Index : 88
Stroke Count : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 3n1.1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 3
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : n
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 1
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 144
SKIP Code : 4-4-4
De Roo Code : 1160
Four Corner Code : 9020.0
Korean reading : so
Pinyin reading : shao4
Morohashi Index String : 7475
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 4.0089
Morohashi Index Number : 7475
Morohashi Page : 89
Morohashi Volume : 4
Missclassification Codes
  1. PP1-1-3
Dictionary Codes
  1. R1160
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