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
- —少人数学級small class
- —少年犯罪者juvenile offender; juvenile delinquent
- —特別少年院advanced juvenile training school; special reformatory; juvenile hall for grave offenders
- —少年刑務所juvenile prison; juvenile corrective institution
- —勤労青少年working youth
- —少年裁判所juvenile court
- —血小板減少thrombocytopenia
- —白血球減少leukopenia; leucopenia
- —少年飛行兵male cadet (aged 14-19) in the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (during WWII)
- —宇治少年院Uji Reform School
- —岡山少年院Okayama Reform School
- —広島少年院Hiroshima Reform School
- —四国少年院Shikoku Reform School
- —多摩少年院Tama Reform School
- —帯広少年院Obihiro Reform School
- —東北少年院Tōhoku Reform School
- —顆粒球減少症agranulocytosis
- —多少なりとも(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
- —年少扶養控除tax exemption for a child under the age of 16
- —血小板減少症thrombocytopenia