少 — few/little

Grade 2 kanji · 4 strokes · on'yomi shou · kun'yomi suko·shi.

Small (小) + slash — even smaller, a tiny little bit.

Example words

• 少し — sukoshi — a little
• 少女 — shoujo — little girl

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