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少 = 小 + 丿
少 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “few”. It is built from 小 (small) and 丿 (line). It appears as a component in 30 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- few
- Pinyin (Mandarin)
- shǎo
- Script
- Chinese hanzi
- Also known as
- few, less, inadequate, меньше, недостаточно, less, inadequate
- Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
- 少 few
Decomposition
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Characters that contain 少
- 仯 仯
- 劣 bad
- 吵 argue
- 妙 mysterious
- 尟 surname
- 尠 very few
- 抄 copy
- 杪 tip of twig
- 歩 step
- 毟 to pluck
- 沙 sand
- 炒 fry
- 玅 mysterious
- 省 province
- 眇 blind in one eye
- 砂 sand
- 秒 beard of grain or corn
- 竗 竗
- 粆 coarse
- 紗 gauze
- 纱 gauze
- 耖 harrow
- 觘 觘
- 訬 clamour
- 赻 赻
- 鈔 paper money
- 钞 paper money
- 隲 stallion
- 魦 shark family
- 麨 麨
How to find 少 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “small” + “line”. 少 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 少 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.