少 shǎo less; few
Made up of [小 xiǎo small; young radical 42, 丿 piě 'slash' radical 4]Used as component 少 in :炒 chǎo
Made with 4 strokes.
Originally a picture of four cereal grains. Can be thought of as adding a cut stroke to the character for 'small' makes it even smaller
Related characters
Also uses 小 xiǎo component: 当 dāng (to be) 京 jīng (capital) ; 尚 shàng (still) ; 孙 sūn (grandson)
Also uses 丿 piě component: 必 bì (certainly) 弟 dì (younger brother) ; 乎 hū (at) ; 久 jiǔ (long time) ; 九 jiǔ (nine) ; 乐 lè (music) ; 么 me (what) ; 乃 nǎi (to be) ; 年 nián (year) ; 生 shēng (produce) ; 失 shī (to lose) ; 勿 wù (do not) ; 戊 wù (fifth (ordinal)) ; 午 wǔ (noon) ; 义 yì (justice) ; 之 zhī (him) ; 族 zú (clan)
Different tone
勺 sháo (spoon)Pronunciation
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People
刘少奇 Liu ShaoqiProverbs
少见多怪 shaǒ jiàn duō guài Unsettled by a new environment笑一笑,十年少 xiào yī xiào, shí nián shào Happiness is the best cosmetic
Phrases
多 少 duō shǎo How much你 要 多 少 瓶 葡 萄 酒 nǐ yào duō shǎo píng pú táo jiǔ You want how many bottles of wine?