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Translingual[edit]
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Alternative forms[edit]
- 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.
Han character[edit]
少 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火竹 (FH), four-corner 90200, composition ⿱𡭔丿(GT) or ⿱小丿(HJKV))
Derived characters[edit]
- 𠃣, 仯, 吵, 妙, 㠺, 抄, 沙, 䏚, 杪, 炒, 玅, 眇, 砂, 秒, 竗, 𡭱, 粆, 紗(纱), 耖, 䖢, 觘, 訬, 赻, 䟞, 𨈘, 鈔(钞), 𡮓, 𡮘, 䩖, 𩖥, 𩚙, 𩡾, 尟, 尠, 𩨡, 𩲎, 㝺, 𡮞, 魦(𫚌), 麨(𪎊), 㝻, 𡮩, 𡮳, 𡮹
- 𠚺, 𨙹, 𣢒, 𬆠, 𨚈, 𨤢, 𪨄, 𡵯, 䒚, 𠀰, 䯯, 歩, 𣲦, 劣, 毟, 省, 𡭲, 𡭺, 雀, 㝹, 𡮯, 䲵
- 隲, 蠽, 𡂌, 𡮗, 𣻾
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 296, character 20
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7475
- Dae Jaweon: page 590, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 561, character 2
- Unihan data for U+5C11
Chinese[edit]
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Glyph origin[edit]
Historical forms of the character 少 |
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Pictogram (象形) – four dots; few; little. Compare 小 (OC *smewʔ, “small”), which is depicted by three dots.
Pronunciation 1[edit]
Definitions[edit]
少
- few; little in number; less; not many
- weak; inadequate; insufficient
- † Alternative form of 小 (xiǎo, “small; tiny”).
- to lack; to be short of; to be deficient
- to reduce (the amount or extent); to weaken; to lose; to stop; to cease
- † to despise; to look down; to belittle
- slightly; moderately; a little; a bit
- seldom; rarely; infrequently
- in a little while; in a moment
- 5th tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌊)
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of 少 (“few; little in number”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Classical Chinese | 少 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 少 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 少 |
Taiwan | 少 | |
Jinan | 少 | |
Xi'an | 少 | |
Wuhan | 少 | |
Chengdu | 少 | |
Yangzhou | 少 | |
Hefei | 少 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 少 |
Hong Kong | 少 | |
Yangjiang | 少 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 少 |
Hakka | Meixian | 少 |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 少 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 少 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 少 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 少 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 少 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 少 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 少 |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 少 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 少 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 少 |
Chaozhou | 少 | |
Wu | Suzhou | 少 |
Ningbo | 缺 | |
Wenzhou | 少 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 少 |
Shuangfeng | 少 |
Antonyms[edit]
- (few): 多 (duō)
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 少
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Pronunciation 2[edit]
Definitions[edit]
少
- young; youthful; juvenile
- later in a sequence; younger; youngest
- childhood; youth; young period
- young man; youngster; junior
- (historical) deputy; assistant
- (historical) young master of a rich family
- a surname
Synonyms[edit]
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 少
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Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
少
1. A little, just a little.
Readings[edit]
- 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)
Compounds[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
少: Hán Việt readings: thiếu[1][2][3][4][5][6], thiểu[1][2][3][4][5][6]
少: Nôm readings: thiếu[1][2][3], thiểu[1][2][3], thểu[2], thỉu[2], thẹo[3], thẻo[3], ít[2]
- chữ Hán form of thiếu (“lack, short on”).
- Nôm form of ít (“few, little”).
- Nôm form of thẹo (“scar”).
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nguyễn (2014).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Trần (2004).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Trần (1999).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Nguyễn (1974).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Thiều Chửu (1942).
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