Kanji1 / 4
少 kanji
few, little
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ショウ
Kun readings
すくないすこし
Words with 少
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —少数派minority group (party); minority
- —少子化declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility
- —少人数small number of people
- —狼少年boy raised by wolves; boy who cried wolf
- —少糖類oligosaccharides
- —少林流(Shorin-ryu) Okinawa school of karate
- —少林拳Shaolin kung fu
- —少年課juvenile division (police); juvenile section
- —希少種rare species
- —少年兵child soldier
- —少納言lesser councilor of state; lesser councillor of state; minor councilor; minor councillor
- —希少性scarcity; rarity
- —少年愛pederasty; boy love; shōnen-ai (manga subgenre depicting romantic relationships between boys); boys' love
- —希少糖rare sugar
- —少女愛nymphophilia; sexual fixation on young girls; lolicon
- —年少組junior class; younger group
- —希少品rare article; rare item; rarity
- —幼少時childhood
- —少年期adolescence; boyhood
- —希少価値scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness