• 233rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.09% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 84 words
  • Component in 17 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shǎo (shao3)few • little • lack
2. shào (shao4)young

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words

Common

多少 

Uncommon

不少 
少女 
少年 
少数 (少數)
少林寺 
少爷 (少爺)
少许 (少許)
少量 
年少 
减少 (減少)
缺少 
至少 
青少年 

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  • 1005th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 25 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (ye2)grandpa • old gentleman

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ye2)The component is pronounced as '' (ye1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for (ye2)The component is pronounced as '' (ye2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
3. Pronunciation clue for (ye2)The component is pronounced as 'ye' (ye5). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.

Example Words

Common

大爷 (大爺)
爷爷 (爺爺)

Uncommon

姥爷 (姥爺)
少爷 (少爺)
爷们 (爺們)
爷们儿 (爺們兒)
老天爷 (老天爺)
老爷 (老爺)
老爷爷 (老爺爺)
财神爷 (財神爺)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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