Kanji

Level: N4 Strokes: 4

少

Meaning in English

few, little, un petit peu

Readings

Onyomi: ショウ Kunyomi: すく.ない, すこ.し Romaji: shou / suku.nai, suko.shi

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Animated kanji stroke order

少

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese poucos, pouco, um petit peu

Spanish pocos, pequeño, un petit peu

Korean few, little, un petit peu

French peu, peu, un petit peu

Italian pochi, poco, un petit peu

German wenige, wenig, ein kleines

Indonesian few, little, un petit peu

★ Vietnamese ít, nhỏ, un petit peu

Thai น้อย, เล็กน้อย, un petit peu

Kanji

Related kanji

N5 小 shou / chii.sai, ko-, o-, sa- little, small, petit N1 尚 shou / nao esteem, furthermore, still

Word

Words with this kanji

N2 少なくとも sukunakutomo at least N2 青少年 seishounen youth, young person N3 少女 shoujo young girl, maiden N3 少々 shoushou a little, briefly, slightly N3 少年 shounen boy, juvenile boy N3 少しも sukoshi mo not at all, not even a little N3 減少 genshou decrease, reduction, decline N3 多少 tashou somewhat, a little, some amount N5 少し難しい sukoshi muzukashii a little difficult

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N5 疲れたので少し休みます。 Tsukareta node sukoshi yasumimasu. Since I am tired, I will rest a little. N5 生活が少し変わりました。 Seikatsu ga sukoshi kawarimashita. My life changed a little. N5 彼女は少し疲れているようです。 Kanojo wa sukoshi tsukarete iru you desu. She seems a little tired. N5 彼女は少し疲れているようです。 Kanojo wa sukoshi tsukarete iru you desu. She seems a little tired. N5 今日は少し寒いね Kyou wa sukoshi samui ne It is a little cold today right N4 それについて少し話したい Sore ni tsuite sukoshi hanashitai I want to talk a little about that N5 少し様子を見たほうがいいかも Sukoshi yousu o mita hou ga ii kamo Maybe it is better to wait and see N3 時間が足りなかったので予定を少し変更することにした Jikan ga tarinakatta node yotei o sukoshi henkou suru koto ni shita Since there was not enough time I decided to change the plan a little N3 彼が来るかどうかまだ分からないので少し待とうか Kare ga kuru ka douka mada wakaranai node sukoshi matou ka I still do not know if he will come so shall we wait a little