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

Stroke order

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

N3 もう少し早く出発していれば渋滞に巻き込まれなかったのに Mou sukoshi hayaku shuppatsu shite ireba juutai ni makikomarenakatta noni If I had left earlier I would not have been caught in traffic N3 最近は前より早く起きられるようになって少し気分がいい Saikin wa mae yori hayaku okirareru you ni natte sukoshi kibun ga ii Recently I became able to wake earlier than before and feel better N4 この問題は思ったより複雑みたいだから少し時間がかかりそう Kono mondai wa omotta yori fukuzatsu mitai da kara sukoshi jikan ga kakarisou This problem seems more complex than expected so it may take time N4 最初はうまく話せなかったけど少しずつ自信がついてきた Saisho wa umaku hanasenakatta kedo sukoshi zutsu jishin ga tsuite kita At first I could not speak well but gradually gained confidence N3 健康のために毎日少しでも歩くようにしている Kenkou no tame ni mainichi sukoshi demo aruku you ni shite iru For my health I try to walk a little every day N4 もう少しで電車に乗り遅れるところだった Mou sukoshi de densha ni noriokureru tokoro datta I almost missed the train N3 もう少し早く知らせてくれれば準備できたのに Mou sukoshi hayaku shirasete kure reba junbi dekita noni If you told me earlier I could have prepared N1 これからどうするかはもう少し考えてから決めようと思う Kore kara dou suru ka wa mou sukoshi kangaete kara kimeyou to omou I will decide what to do after thinking a bit more N5 はい、少しできます。 Hai, sukoshi dekimasu. Yes, a little.