少

• Note that in Japanese Kanji, Korean Hanja and Vietnamese Nom, the middle stroke of the top component 小 is written 亅 with a hook whereas in modern Chinese scripts the middle stroke is written 丨 with no downward hook.

少 (radical 42, 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火竹 (FH), four-corner 9020₀, composition ⿱⿻丨八丿(GT) or ⿱小丿(HJKV))

• 𠃣, 妙, 㠺, 抄, 沙, 䏚, 炒, 玅, 眇, 砂, 秒, 竗, 粆, 紗(纱), 耖, 䖢, 觘, 訬, 䟞, 𨈘, 鈔(钞), 䩖, 𩖥, 𩚙, 𩡾, 尟, 尠, 𩨡, 𩲎, 㝺, 魦(𫚌), 麨(𪎊), 㝻
• 𠚺, 𨙹, 𣢒, 𬆠, 𨚈, 𨤢, 𪨄, 𡵯, 䒚, 𠀰, 䯯, 歩, 劣, 毟, 省, 雀, 㝹, 䲵

• KangXi: page 296, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7475
• Dae Jaweon: page 590, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 561, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5C11

Historical forms of the character 少
Shang
Oracle bone script

Pictogram (象形) – four dots; few; little. Compare 小 (OC *smewʔ, “small”), which is depicted by three dots.

少

1. few; little in number; less; not many
   • 很少人知道實情。 / 很少人知道实情。  ―  Hěn shǎo rén zhīdào shíqíng.  ―  Very few people know the truth.

   • 只有很少麵包和餅乾。 [MSC, trad.]
     只有很少面包和饼干。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhǐyǒu hěn shǎo miànbāo hé bǐnggān. [Pinyin]

     There is only very little bread and biscuits.

2. weak; inadequate; insufficient
3. ^† Alternative form of 小 (xiǎo, “small; tiny”).
4. to lack; to be short of; to be deficient

   • 臥室裡少一隻電燈泡。 [MSC, trad.]
     卧室里少一只电灯泡。 [MSC, simp.]

     Wòshì lǐ shǎo yī zhī diàndēngpào. [Pinyin]

     There's a light bulb missing in the bedroom.

5. to reduce (the amount or extent); to weaken; to lose; to stop; to cease
   • 他屋裡少了東西。 / 他屋里少了东西。  ―  Tā wū lǐ shǎo le dōngxi.  ―  He lost something in his house.
   • 少說廢話！ / 少说废话！  ―  Shǎo shuō fèihuà!  ―  Stop chattering!
6. ^† to despise; to look down; to belittle
7. slightly; moderately; a little; a bit
8. seldom; rarely; infrequently

   • 懶惰的人很少會成功。 [MSC, trad.]
     懒惰的人很少会成功。 [MSC, simp.]

     Lǎnduò de rén hěn shǎo huì chénggōng. [Pinyin]

     Lazy people seldom succeed.

9. in a little while; in a moment
10. 5th tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌊)

• (few): 多 (duō)

少

1. young; youthful; juvenile

   • 別看她歲數大，可長得少相。 [MSC, trad.]
     别看她岁数大，可长得少相。 [MSC, simp.]

     Bié kàn tā suìshù dà, kě zhǎng dé shào xiàng. [Pinyin]

     Despite her age, she still looked young.

2. later in a sequence; younger; youngest
3. childhood; youth; young period

   少小離家老大回 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   少小离家老大回 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: He Zhizhang

   shào xiǎo lí jiā lǎo dà huí [Pinyin]

   Leaving home young, returning home old

4. young man; youngster; junior
5. (historical) deputy; assistant
6. (historical) young master of a rich family
7. A surname​.

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. A little, just a little.

• Go-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kan-on: しょう (shō, Jōyō)^{←せう (seu, historical)}
• Kun: すくない (sukunai, 少ない, Jōyō); すこし (sukoshi, 少し, Jōyō); しばらく (shibaraku, 少く)

少 • (so)

• Eumhun:
  • Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune–Reischauer: so)
  • Name (hangeul): 적을

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少 (thiểu, thẹo, thểu, thỉu, thiếu, thẻo)

1. Small

2. Tiny