少
shǎoTraditional: 少
#1170 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
few, little; to lack
Word origin
A pictograph of small marks, conveying a small amount. It means few or little, and in the third tone reads shǎo.
- Origin
- pictograph
- Root
- small marks indicating a small quantity
Stroke order
少
Examples
。
He says very little.
。
Very few people came today.
。
There is one book missing from the desk.
。
Drink a little less alcohol.
雪。
It rarely snows here.
少 (shǎo) means few, little, or to lack. In the fourth tone, shào, it means young, as in 少年.
Appears in 3 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 少.
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