The Chinese Radical: 少


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Meaning
few, little    少

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
few, little
shǎo, shào
Top: small (A person with the arms close to the body is small), bottom: extra stroke
Such a small stroke is too few.
JLPT HSK 2
walk, a pace, a step, march

Top: stop (image of a right foot that stops at a line ), bottom: Variant of little (traditionally: the sign for right foot, similar to : put one foot in front of the other)
Stop a little when: walking.
JLPT HSK 4
granule, sand, powder, hoarse, raspy
shā
Left: water , right: few, little (A small stroke is too few)
(In the past, water was never fully pure:) In the water is a little sand.
JLPT HSK 4
to economize, to save, introspection, awareness, province
shěng, xǐng
Top: few/little (A small stroke is too few), below: eye
(No big wishes) If only few (things) come into your eyes, you economize and practice introspective awareness.
JLPT HSK 4
second (of time)
miǎo
Left rice plant , right: few/little (A small stroke is too few)
(To plant a) rice plant you need as little as one second.
JLPT HSK 5
clever, wonderful, splendid, fantastic
miào
Left: woman , right: few/little (A small stroke is too few)
Among women, there are few who are clever and wonderful???
JLPT HSK 5
inferior, clumsy, low-grade
liè
Top: small/little (A small stroke is too few.), below: strength
Too little strength makes you inferior.
JLPT HSK 5
to quarrel, to make a noise, disturbing
chǎo
Left: mouth , right: few/little (A small stroke is too few.)
With your mouth you can make a little quarrel and noise.
JLPT HSK 5
to make a copy, to plagiarize, to raid, to grab
chāo
Left: hand , right: little
If your (own) hand only does a little, you are copying.
JLPT HSK 5
to fry shortly, sauté, pan-fry, fried
chǎo
Left: fire , right: few, little (A small stroke is too few)
If the fire is only a little, it is fried shortly.
JLPT HSK 6
sparrow, (=small bird), a freckle, lentigo
qiāo, qiǎo, què
Top: small , bottom: bird
The small bird is a sparrow.
JLPT HSK 6
paper money, banknote, dollar bill, to copy
chāo
Left: metal, gold, money 钅/, right: few/little (A small stroke is too few)
(In terms of weight) The money becomes less: as paper money.
JLPT HSK 6
distant and indistinct, vast, tiny (due to distance)
miǎo
Left: water , right: 眇 (variation of economize 省 Only few eyes see, how you economize)
The water should be economized, if you are still far distant.
JLPT no HSK
sand, gravel, granule
shā
Left: stone , right: few/little (A small stroke is too few)
If stones are made "fewer", you get sand.
JLPT no HSK
cotton yarn, muslin, gauze
shā
Left: thread 纟/, right: few, little (A small stroke is too few)
If the threads are few, it is a yarn or a loose gauze.
JLPT no HSK
kind of sedge grass, katydid (family Tettigoniidae)
shā, suō
Left: growing plant , right: sand, gravel 沙 (In [unclear] water is always a little sand.)
A plant for sandy (grounds) is this: sedge grass.
JLPT no HSK
shark
shā
Top: sand, gravel 沙 (in [unclear] water is always a little sand), bottom: fish 鱼/
In the sandy water is this fish: the shark.

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