少年

Chinese
 
young; few; little; lack
 year
simp. and trad.
(少年)		 少 年
anagram 年少

Pronunciation

Noun

少年

  1. early youth (from ten to sixteen years old)
    少年時代 / 少年时代  ―  shàonián shídài  ―  early youth
  2. juvenile; youngster
  3. young man; boy

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • 不經事少年／不经事少年
  • 不良少年 (bùliáng shàonián)
  • 問題少年／问题少年
  • 少年人
  • 少年愛／少年爱 (shàonián'ài)
  • 少年才俊
  • 少年法庭
  • 少年犯 (shàoniánfàn)
  • 少年犯罪
  • 少年福利法
  • 少年組／少年组
  • 少年維特的煩惱／少年维特的烦恼
  • 少年老成
  • 少年觀護所／少年观护所
  • 少年輔育院／少年辅育院
  • 少年郎
  • 心寬出少年／心宽出少年
  • 慘綠少年／惨绿少年
  • 老少年
  • 英雄出少年 (yīngxióng chū shàonián)
  • 虞犯少年
  • 裙屐少年
  • 過了青春無少年／过了青春无少年
  • 青少年 (qīngshàonián)
  • 青少年問題／青少年问题

Adjective

少年

  1. (chiefly Min Nan) young

See also

Further reading

Japanese
少年 (shōnen): a boy.
Kanji in this term
少 年
しょう
Grade: 2		 ねん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

/seunen/ → /ɕeunen/ → /ɕoːnen/

Borrowing from Middle Chinese 少年 (syewH nen, literally “young + years”). Compare modern Cantonese 少年 (siu3 nin4), Mandarin 少年 (shàonián), Korean 소년 (sonyeon), Vietnamese thiếu niên.

Originally referred to young people of either gender. The meaning has narrowed in modern usage to more commonly refer to boys of elementary school or middle school age.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

少年 (hiragana しょうねん, rōmaji shōnen, historical hiragana せうねん)

  1. a boy, a young man
    少 (しょう)年 (ねん)時 (じ)代 (だい)
    shōnen jidai
    childhood, boyhood
    少 (しょう)年 (ねん)はこの漫 (まん)画 (が)が大 (だい)好 (す)きで、もう売 (う)り切 (き)れになっています。
    Shōnen wa kono manga ga daisuki de, mō urikire ni natte imasu.
    Boys really like this manga, and it's already sold out.
    • 2011 February 9, Sorachi, Hideaki, “第だい三百三十四訓くん　銭せん湯とうでは身みも心こころも丸まる裸はだか [Lesson 334: Our Bodies and Souls Are All Naked in the Public Baths]”, in 銀ぎん魂たま [Silver Soul], volume 38 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      バーさん　俺 (おれ)は心 (こころ)は少 (しょう)年 (ねん)だから二 (ふた)人 (り)で200円 (えん)で頼 (たの)むわ
      Bā-san ore wa kokoro wa shōnen da kara futari de nihyaku-en de tanomu wa
      Granny, I’m still a boy at heart, so make it 200 yen for two.
    • 2017 April 15, “星せい杯はいに選えらばれし者もの [Chosen by the Star Chalice]”, in CODE OF THE DUELISTコード・オブ・ザ・デュエリスト, Konami:
      機 (き)怪 (かい)の残 (ざん)骸 (がい)で武 (ぶ)装 (そう)する、真 (ま)っ直 (す)ぐな心 (こころ)の少 (しょう)年 (ねん)。
      Kikai no zangai de busō suru, massugu na kokoro no shōnen.
      An upright boy armed with the remains of Mechstrosities.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)愛 (あい) (shōnen'ai, “pederasty, love of boys”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)院 (いん) (shōnen'in, “reform school, juvenile reformatory, juvie”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)会 (かい) (shōnenkai, “youth conference”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)感 (かん)化 (か)院 (いん) (shōnen kankain, “reform school, juvenile reformatory, juvie”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)鑑 (かん)別 (べつ)所 (しょ) (shōnen kanbetsusho, “juvenile hall, Juvenile Classification Office”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)少 (しょう)女 (じょ) (shōnen shōjo, “boys and girls”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)裁 (さい)判 (ばん)所 (しょ) (shōnen saibansho, “juvenile court”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)団 (だん) (shōnendan, “youth association, youth group”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)犯 (はん)罪 (ざい) (shōnen hanzai, “juvenile crime (by a male)”)
  • 少 (しょう)年 (ねん)犯 (はん)罪 (ざい)者 (しゃ) (shōnen hanzaisha, “juvenile delinquent, juvenile offender (male)”)

See also
See also

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
少年

Noun

少年 • (sonyeon) (hangeul 소년)

  1. Hanja form? of 소년 (“boy, young person”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
少年

Noun

少年

  1. Hán tự form of thiếu niên (“related to adolescence”).
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