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shou

few, little

Components - Individual components of the kanji.
Bushu - Kanji that share the same bushu number.
Classical - Kanji that share the same classical number.
Jouyou - Same Jouyou grade.
Skip - Same skip codes.
Example - Example sentences.
Usage - Words that use this kanji.
Drawing - How to draw this kanji.
References - References numbers found in an assortment of reference books.

TRANSLATIONS

English	few little
Romaji	shou
Korean	so
Mandarin	shao3 shao4
Reading	ショウすく.ないすこ.し	shou suku.nai suko.shi
Nanori (name)	-	-
Radical name	-	-

DETAILS

Kanji	少
Radical	no
Radical Number	-
Bushu Number	4
Classical Radical #	42
Frequency of use	287
Jouyou grade level	2
Stroke count	4
Hex ID	3E2F
Unicode ID	5c11
Four corner code	9020.0
Skip code	4-4-4
Nelson index	-
JIS 0208 code	-
JIS 0212 code	-

COMPONENTS

Strokes	Radical	Rad. #	Romaji	English
1	ノ	0	no
3	小	42	shou	little, small

SAME BUSHU NUMBER 4

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	夷	ebisu	barbarian, savage, Ainu
2	尉	i	military officer, jailer, old man, rank
3	井	i	well, well crib, town, community
4	胤	tane	descendent, issue, offspring
5	烏	karasu	crow, raven

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SAME CLASSICAL NUMBER 42

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	営	ei	occupation, camp, perform, build, conduct (business)
2	少	shou	few, little
3	尠	sen	at least, not a little

SAME JOUYOU GRADE 2

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	引	hiki	pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
2	羽	hane	feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
3	雲	kumo	cloud
4	園	sono	park, garden, yard, farm
5	遠	en	distant, far

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SAME SKIP CODE 4-4-4

#	Kanji	Romaji	English
1	火	hi	fire
2	犬	inu	dog
3	少	shou	few, little
4	内	nai	inside, within, between, among, house, home
5	夫	otto	husband, man

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

Note: Entries from the Tanaka Corpus (Examples) should be taken as extremely loose examples only, not definitive, please read http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/tanakacorpus.html for more information.

#	Kanji	English
1	今日は少し真面目な話をしますがおつきあいください。 konnichiha sukoshi majime na hanashi woshimasugaotsukiaikudasai .	I'm a bit serious today, but please bear with me.

2	少女はしかられると知らないふりをした。 shoujo hashikarareruto shira naifuriwoshita .	When the girl was scolded, she assumed a look of innocence.

3	たくさんの少年が公園を走っています。 takusanno shounen ga kouen wo hashitte imasu .	A lot of boys are running in the park.

4	こまったときの用意に少しはとっておく必要がある。 komattatokino youi ni sukoshi hatotteoku hitsuyou gaaru .	It is necessary to put something by against days of need.

5	その少年は騒ぎ始めた。 sono shounen ha sawagi hajime ta .	The boy began to make a noise.

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WORD USAGE

#	Dict	Kanji	Hira/Kata	English
1	Japanese	もう少し mou sukoshi	もうすこし mousukoshi	(exp) a bit more a bit longer

2	Japanese	もう少しで mou sukoshi de	もうすこしで mousukoshide	(exp) almost nearly close to

3	Japanese	もう少しのところで mou sukoshi notokorode	もうすこしのところで mousukoshinotokorode	(exp) almost nearly close to

4	Japanese	もう少しの所で mou sukoshi no tokoro de	もうすこしのところで mousukoshinotokorode	(exp) almost nearly close to

5	Japanese	オオカミ少年 ookami shounen	オオカミしょうねん ookami shounen	(n,vs) boy who cried wolf

6	Aviation	最少燃料 saishou nenryou	さいしょうねんりょう saishounenryou	minimum fuel

7	Computing	多品種中少量生産システム tahinshu naka shouryou seisan shisutemu	たひんしゅちゅうしょうりょうせいさんシステム tahinshuchuushouryouseisan shisutemu	Flexible Manufacturing System FMS

8	Computing	浮動少数点数 fudou shousuutensuu	ふどうしょうすうてんすう fudoushousuutensuu	floating point number

9	DDB	三極少 san kyoku shou	さんごくしょう sangokushou	three most minute

10	DDB	乏少 bou shou	ぼうしょう boushou	lacks, is wanting

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DRAWING

Note There is a problem with the stroke order in some of these kanji, I'm aware of it but have no time to fix it, like all online information it should be taken with a (large) grain of salt. To be clear: the problem is in the image drawing program not the Taka database.

The green dot is the starting point!
Name above the completed radical is the reading
Name below the completed radical is the radical name
If you find an error, please email kanji at mahou.org

The stroke order information has been borrowed from the Taka Kanji Database

REFERENCES

3467	New Japanese-English Character Dictionary
166	Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary
1390	The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary
2.17	Japanese For Busy People vols I-III
153	The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power
512	Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
160	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese" 3rd ed.
105	Kanji in Context
2163	Kanji Learners Dictionary
129	Essential Kanji
1160	2001 Kanji" (Bojinsha)
93	A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese
95	Tuttle Kanji Cards
3n1.1	The Kanji Dictionary
144	Kanji & Kana book" 2nd ed.
7475, 4.0089	Morohashi Daikanwajiten (index number, volume.page)
143	A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters
231	Gakken Kanji Dictionary
106	Remembering The Kanji
88	Japanese Names

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