少

少 U+5C11, 少
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5C11
← 尐
[U+5C10] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 尒 →
[U+5C12]

Translingual

Stroke order
Stroke order

Alternative forms

  • Note that in Japanese Kanji, Korean Hanja and Vietnamese Nom, the middle stroke of the top component 小 is written 亅 with a hook whereas in modern Chinese scripts the middle stroke is written 丨 with no downward hook.

Han character

少 (radical 42, 小+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 火竹 (FH), four-corner 90200, composition ⿱⿲㇀丨丶丿(GHT) or ⿱小丿(JKV))

Derived characters

References

  • KangXi: page 296, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 7475
  • Dae Jaweon: page 590, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 561, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5C11

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 少

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 少
Shang
Oracle bone script
Characters in the same phonetic series (小) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
觘 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
抄 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
鈔 *sm̥ʰreːw, *sm̥ʰreːws
訬 *sm̥ʰreːw, *mewʔ
炒 *sʰroːʔ
吵 *sm̥ʰreːwʔ, *mewʔ
耖 *sm̥ʰreːws
仯 *sm̥ʰreːws
眇 *mewʔ
渺 *mewʔ
杪 *mewʔ
秒 *mewʔ
篎 *mewʔ, *mews
妙 *mews
玅 *mews
釥 *sm̥ʰewʔ
小 *smewʔ
少 *hmjewʔ, *hmjews
麨 *m̥ʰjewʔ
尠 *senʔ, *smos

Pictogram (象形) – four dots; few; little. Compare 小 (OC *smewʔ, “small”), which is depicted by three dots.

Pronunciation 1

Note:
  • ciēu - colloquial;
  • siēu - literary.
Note:
  • chió - vernacular;
  • siáu - literary.
Note:
  • ziê2 - Chaozhou;
  • zio2 - Shantou.
Rime
Character 少
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 書沼切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiᴇuX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕiɛuX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕjæuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕiawX/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiɛuX/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭɛuX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ɛuX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shǎo
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 少
Reading # 1/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shǎo
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syewX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s.t]ewʔ/
English few

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 少
Reading # 1/2
No. 13706
Phonetic
component		 小
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 少
Old
Chinese		 /*hmjewʔ/
Notes 小轉註字

Definitions

少

  1. few; little in number; less; not many
  2. weak; inadequate; insufficient
  3. † Alternative form of 小 (xiǎo, “small; tiny”).
  4. to lack; to be short of; to be deficient
  5. to reduce (the amount or extent); to weaken; to lose; to stop; to cease
  6. † to despise; to look down; to belittle
  7. slightly; moderately; a little; a bit
  8. seldom; rarely; infrequently
  9. in a little while; in a moment
  10. 5th tetragram of the Taixuanjing
Antonyms
  • (few): 多 (duō)

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 少
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 宵 (91)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 失照切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ɕiᴇuH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ɕiɛuH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ɕjæuH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ɕiawH/
Li
Rong		 /ɕiɛuH/
Wang
Li		 /ɕĭɛuH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ɕi̯ɛuH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 shào
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 少
Reading # 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 shào
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ syewH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[s-t]ewʔ-s/
English young

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 少
Reading # 2/2
No. 13708
Phonetic
component		 小
Rime
group		 宵
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 少
Old
Chinese		 /*hmjews/

Definitions

少

  1. young; youthful; juvenile
  2. later in a sequence; younger; youngest
  3. childhood; youth; young period
  4. young man; youngster; junior
  5. (historical) deputy; assistant
  6. (historical) young master of a rich family
  7. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

少

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. A little, just a little.

Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

少 • (so)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 소 (revised: so, McCune–Reischauer: so)
    • Name (hangeul): 적을
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Vietnamese

Han character

少 (thiểu, thẹo, thểu, thỉu, thiếu, thẻo)

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