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
- —少数民族minority ethnic group; ethnic minority; minority race
- —少壮気鋭young and energetic; up-and-coming
- —少壮士官youth officer
- —少壮有為energetic
- —少年少女boys and girls
- —少年犯罪juvenile crime; juvenile delinquency
- —少年文学children's literature; juvenile literature
- —少年労働child labor; child labour
- —人員縮少personnel reduction
- —不良少年juvenile delinquent
- —非行少年juvenile delinquent
- —老少不定death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life
- —純な少女virgin; maiden pure in heart
- —家出少女runaway girl
- —少女小説novel for young girls
- —少数精鋭elect (select) few
- —不良少女bad girl; juvenile delinquent
- —過少申告under-reporting (e.g. income on a tax return)
- —少壮血気young and hot-blooded (impetuous)
- —年少気鋭being young and spirited; being young and full of go