Chinese Character 少 Meanings and components.

Form

少

Meaning

少 meaning^[3] in English

Few.

Less.

To Lack.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi^[2] character 少 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are small (小) , and radical in Chinese … (丿)

Its radical^[1] is: 小 (xiao3) which means: Small, Tiny, Few, Young, .小xiao3small

In cangjie it is written with FH

How to write 少

To write少shao3few you should write a combination of 小xiao3small , 丿pie3radical in … arranged in a 吕 shape:

小 + 丿 = 少

少 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 少 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 少, looks as follow:

少

Pinyin:shao3 Shape:吕

Meaning^[3]: Few . Less . To Lack . To Be Missing . To Stop (Doing Sth) . Seldom

小

Pinyin:xiao3

Meaning^[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young

丿

Pinyin:pie3

Meaning^[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

[1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical
[2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter
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