少

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Compounds 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Hanzi 5.2.1 Adjective 5.2.2 Adjective

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Han character

少 (radical 42 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火竹 (FH), four-corner 9020₀)

1. few, less, inadequate

[edit] References

• 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

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

少 (Yale siu2, siu3)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

少 (grade 2 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: しょう (shō), せう (seu)
• Kun: すくない (sukunai), すこし (sukoshi), しばらく (shibaraku)

[edit] Compounds

• 少女
• 少年

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

少
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune-Reischauer: so)

• Name (hangeul): 적을()

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Hanzi

少 (pinyin shǎo (shao3), Wade-Giles shao³)

[edit] Adjective

少 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shǎo)

1. few, little, inadequate

[edit] Adjective

少 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shào)

1. young