# 少 — Few

Frequency rank 143 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 決 (Decide), less common than 解 (Solve).

- On’yomi: しょう
- Kun’yomi: すく、すこ
- Radical: 小 Small (Kangxi 42)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The tin tilts and the whole ration slides off it into the next man's bowl, all but the grains the needle in the base pins down.

In words:

- 少し すこし — few
- 少ない すくない — a few
- 少々 しょうしょう — just a minute,small quantity

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