This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ショウ、すく.ない、すこ.し
Romaji: shō, suku.nai, suko.shi
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

few, little

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  4
Radical Number:  4
Frequency:  287
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  4-4-4
Korean Reading:  so
Chinese Reading:  shao4
Unicode:  5c11
JIS:  3E2F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3467
Nelson Index: 166
New Nelson Index: 1390
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3n1.1
Four Corner Index: 9020.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 143
Gakken Index: 231
Japanese Names Index: 88
Daikanwanjiten Index: 7475
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 4.0089
Remembering the kanji Index: 106
Busy People Index: 2.17
Kanji Way Index: 153
Kanji Flashcards Index: 47
Kodansha Compact Index: 512
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 160
Kanji in Context Index: 105
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2163
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2915
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 107
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 111
Essential Kanji Index: 129
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4278
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1160
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 93
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 95

Words

(しょう)
small; little; few
少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
減少 (げんしょう)
decrease; reduction; decline
幼少 (ようしょう)
infancy; childhood; tender age
美少女 (びしょうじょ)
beautiful girl
少年 (しょうねん)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
少ない (すくない)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
少し (すこし)
small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance
少将 (しょうしょう)
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
少数 (しょうすう)
minority; few
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