KanjiN4Grade 2 · 小24 strokesRadical 小#287 in newspapers

少 · few, little

少 is a kanji meaning few, little. It has 4 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

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In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 少
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
少ないすくない	すくない	a little; a few	N5
少しすこし	すこし	little, few	N5
少女しょうじょ	しょうじょ	young girl	N3
少々しょうしょう	しょうしょう	a little; short (time) (formal for 少し (すこし))	N3
少年しょうねん	しょうねん	boys, juveniles	N3
少しもすこしも	すこしも	anything of, not one bit	N3

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More words that use 少
Word	Reading	Meaning	Level
減少げんしょう	げんしょう	decrease, reduction, decline	N3
多少たしょう	たしょう	a little (same as 少し (すこし))	N3
少なくともすくなくとも	すくなくとも	at least	N2
青少年せいしょうねん	せいしょうねん	youth, young person	N2

水を少しください。

みずをすこしください

Please give me some water.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #143706 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

4 strokes