Jisho

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4 strokes
Radical:
small, insignificant
Parts:
few, little
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
287 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shao3, shao4
Korean:
so

Spanish

  • poco
  • pequeño
  • un poco
  • apenas

Portuguese

  • poucos
  • pequenos

French

  • un petit peu
  • un peu
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)
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

10 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
Variants:
grace, kindness, goodness, favor, mercy, blessing, benefit
On:
オン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N1
1418 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 恩 【オン】 favour, favor, obligation, debt of gratitude
  • 恩返し 【オンガエシ】 paying back a favour, repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
  • 迎恩 【ゲイオン】 welcoming reception
  • 聖恩 【セイオン】 imperial blessings or favor (favour)

Readings

Japanese names:
めぐみ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
en1
Korean:
eun

Spanish

  • gracia
  • bondad
  • favor
  • bendición
  • compasión

Portuguese

  • graça
  • gentileza
  • bondade
  • favor
  • misericórdia
  • benção
  • benefício

French

  • faveur
  • gentillesse
  • bonté
  • pitié
  • grâce
  • bénédiction
  • bienfait
558 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
654 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
624 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1353 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1684 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
668 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1294 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1225 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
555 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
564 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
757 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
779 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3289 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1700 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2311 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
613 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10591 Morohashi
2655 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1851 New Nelson (John Haig)
606 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
652 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
709 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1458 2001 Kanji
4k6.23 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
6033.0 Four corner code
1-18-24 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6069 Unicode hex code