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

1234

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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