| 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 |
leisure
- On:
- カン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1994 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 閑 【カン】 spare time, free time, leisure
- 閑散 【カンサン】 deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets), quiet, still, hushed, empty, inactive (business, trade, etc.), slack, flat, off-season, quiet, dull, idle, free, unoccupied
- 清閑 【セイカン】 peaceful, quiet, tranquility, tranquillity
- 休閑 【キュウカン】 fallowing
Readings
- Japanese names:
- が、 より
- Korean:
- han
Spanish
- ocio
- tiempo libre
Portuguese
- lazer
French
- loisirs
| 1109 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1645 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4948 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1280 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1861 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1820 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1532 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1633 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1718 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1842 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4123 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2093 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2837 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1639 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 41247 | Morohashi |
| 3322 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6390 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1625 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1753 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1598 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3864 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8e4.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 7790.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-20-55 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 9591 | Unicode hex code |