| 93 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 160 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 143 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 231 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 166 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 129 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 47 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 88 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 144 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 144 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 105 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 512 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4278 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2163 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2915 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 107 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7475 | Morohashi |
| 3467 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1390 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 106 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 111 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 153 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 95 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
287 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 少 【ショウ】 small, little, few
- 少輔 【ショウ】 assistant vice-minister (ritsuryō system, early Meiji period)
- 最少 【サイショウ】 fewest, least, smallest (number), lowest, minimum, youngest
- 過少 【カショウ】 too few, too little, insufficient
Kun reading compounds
- 少ない 【すくない】 few, little, small (amount), low, scarce, insufficient, seldom, rare
- 少し 【すこし】 a little, a bit, a small amount, a few, some, slightly, somewhat, a little while, a short time, a moment, a minute, a little way, a short distance
- 少しも 【すこしも】 (not) at all, (not) a bit, (not) in the least, (not) in the slightest
Readings
- Korean:
- so
Spanish
- poco
- pequeño
- un poco
- apenas
Portuguese
- poucos
- pequenos
French
- un petit peu
- un peu
| 1160 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3n1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-4 | SKIP code |
| 1-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 9020.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-15 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c11 | Unicode hex code |
leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
634 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 将 【ショウ】 commander, general, leader
- 将棋 【ショウギ】 shogi, Japanese chess
- 少将 【ショウショウ】 major general, rear admiral, air commodore
- 王将 【オウショウ】 king (of the senior player), Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)
Kun reading compounds
- 将に 【まさに】 just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of
- 将 【はた】 or, otherwise, furthermore, also, perhaps, by some chance, possibly, that being said, be that as it may, however, but, not to mention, needless to say, as expected, sure enough, really, at all
- 将又 【はたまた】 or
- 将門記 【しょうもんき】 Shōmonki (chronicle of the Taira-no-Masakado Rebellion, ca 940CE)
- 将に 【まさに】 just (about to), on the point of, on the verge of, on the brink of
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かつ、 かつり、 すすむ、 たか、 ゆき
- Korean:
- jang
Spanish
- líder
- cargo
- mando
- mandar
- de ahora en adelante
Portuguese
- líder
- comandante
- general
- almirante
- ou
- e outra vez
- logo
- de agora em diante
- somente sobre isto
French
- dirigeant
- commandant
- général
- amiral
- ou
- l'un après l'autre
- bientôt
- à partir de maintenant
- à peu près
| 911 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 899 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 561 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2840 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 920 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 479 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1040 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 627 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 637 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 830 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 506 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 551 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 336 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 415 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 739 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7437P | Morohashi |
| 460 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1379 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 731 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 789 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 447 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 906 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1248 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2b8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-7 | SKIP code |
| 3214.9 | Four corner code |
| 3714.2 | Four corner code |
| 1-30-13 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c06 | Unicode hex code |