少
few, little
- 小small
- 丿slash
- kun
- すく.ないsuku.naiすこ.しsuko.shi
- on
- ショウshō
mnemonic
SMALL (小) with a SLASH (丿) cutting one more piece off: even less, FEW. "Shō" (ショウ) as in shōshō, a little, and shōnen, a young boy.
examples
- 少しすこしsukoshia little
- 少ないすくないsukunaifew
- 少年しょうねんshōnenboy