少
Translingual
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Alternative forms
- 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
少 (Kangxi radical 42, 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火竹 (FH), four-corner 90200, composition ⿱⿻丨八丿(GT) or ⿱小丿(HJKV))
Derived characters
- 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
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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
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Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 少 |
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Shang |
Oracle bone script |
Pictogram (象形) – four dots; few; little. Compare 小 (OC *smewʔ, “small”), which is depicted by three dots.
Pronunciation 1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): séu
- Eastern Min (BUC): ciēu / siēu
- Southern Min
- Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): 5sau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shǎo
- Wade–Giles: shao3
- Yale: shǎu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shao
- Palladius: шао (šao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴/
- (Dungan)
- Cyrillic and Wiktionary: шо (šo, II)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɔ⁵¹/
- (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu2
- Yale: síu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu2
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: séu
- Hakka Romanization System: seu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: seu3
- Sinological IPA: /seu̯³¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: ciēu / siēu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sieu³³/, /sieu³³/
- (Fuzhou)
Note:
- ciēu - colloquial;
- siēu - literary.
Note:
- chió - vernacular;
- siáu - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: ziê2 / zio2 / siao3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsié / tsió / siàu
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sie⁵²/, /t͡sio⁵²/, /siau²¹³/
Note:
- ziê2 - Chaozhou, vernacular;
- zio2 - Shantou, vernacular;
- siao3 - literary.
- Middle Chinese: syewX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s.t]ewʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*hmjewʔ/
Definitions
- few; little in number; less; not many
- weak; inadequate; insufficient
- † (deprecated template usage) 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 (𝌊)
Antonyms
- (few): 多 (duō)
Compounds
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Pronunciation 2
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): siu3
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): seu
- Eastern Min (BUC): siéu
- Southern Min
- Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): 5sau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄠˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shào
- Wade–Giles: shao4
- Yale: shàu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shaw
- Palladius: шао (šao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: siu3
- Yale: siu
- Cantonese Pinyin: siu3
- Guangdong Romanization: xiu3
- Sinological IPA (key): /siːu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: seu
- Hakka Romanization System: seu
- Hagfa Pinyim: seu4
- Sinological IPA: /seu̯⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: siéu
- Sinological IPA (key): /siɛu²¹³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: syewH
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s-t]ewʔ-s/
- (Zhengzhang): /*hmjews/
Definitions
- 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
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
少
1. A little, just a little.
Readings
- 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
Korean
Hanja
少 • (so)
- Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 소
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Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 少 (thiểu, thẹo, thểu, thỉu, thiếu, thẻo)
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