少

Information about character(s)

Radical: 小
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 1
Total Strokes: 4

Pronunciation

Pinyin: shào, shǎo
Cantonese: siu2 siu3
JapaneseKun: SUKUNAI SUKOSHI SHIBARAKU
JapaneseOn: SHOU
Korean: SO
Vietnamese: thiểu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: few, less, inadequate

CE-Dict: young

Soothill: Few: also used as a transliteration of ṣat, six.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.young
2.young people
shao
ㄕㄠˇ
1.not many
2.less
3.deficient
4.(of things) to be missing

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: a little while; few; fewness; lack; little; lose; young
【醫】 hyp-; hypo-; oligo-

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: a little while; few; fewness; lack; little

湘雅醫學專業詞典: hyp-;hypo-;olig-;oligo-;parum;pauci-

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《小部》少不多也。从小丿聲。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集上】【小字部】少
【唐韻】書沼切【韻會】始紹切，𠀤燒上聲。【說文】不多也。从小丿聲。【徐曰】丿音夭。【禮·禮器】禮有以少爲貴者，謂天子一食，諸侯再，大夫士三，食力無數是也。食力，庶人也。　又少頃，有閒也。【孟子】少則洋洋焉。　又短也。訾人曰少之，猶稱人曰多之也。【史記·蘇秦傳】素習知蘇秦皆少之。　又【廣韻】式照切【韻會】【正韻】失照切，𠀤燒去聲。【玉篇】幼也。【增韻】老之對也。【易·本義】兩儀者始，爲一畫，以分隂陽。四象者次，爲二畫，以分太少。　又少儀。【禮記】篇名。少室，山名。　又副貳也。【前漢·賈誼傳】於是爲置三少，皆上大夫也。曰少保、少傅、少師。【註】副三公者。　又姓。漢下邽令少年唯。　又叶書久切，音守。【歐陽修·杜祁公墓銘】君子豈弟，民之父母。公雖百齡，人以爲少。母音畝。　又【正字通】入宥韻。【歐陽修·蔡君山墓銘】父不哭子，老不哭少。嗟夫君山，而不得壽。◎按今文少作幼。《正字通》古小少同。加丿，轉注。

朱芾煌:法相辭典 瑜伽八十四卷二十一頁雲：少者：高廣量不相應故。

Buddhism words and phrases few
lack

CF-Dict: jeune

Han-De-Dict: wenig (u.E.) (Adj)