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少 = ノ + 小
少 is a Japanese kanji written with 4 strokes, listed here under the keyword “few”. It is built from ノ (katakana no) and 小 (little). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 111. It appears as a component in 10 other characters in this index.
- Keyword
- few
- RTK frame
- 111
- Strokes
- 4
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ショウ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- すく.ない, すこ.し
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- немного
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 少 few
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 少
- 砂 sand
- 妙 exquisite
- 省 focus
- 沙 grains of sand
- 歩 walk
- 賓 v.i.p.
- 抄 extract
- 劣 inferiority
- 秒 second
- 紗 gossamer
How to find 少 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “katakana no” + “little”. 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.