少数

Character by character

• 少shǎo4 strokesHSK 1few, less, inadequate
• 数shù13 strokesHSK 2 traditional 數number; several, count; fate

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 少数. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 多少duō shǎoHSK 1

  number; amount; somewhat

• 少shǎoHSK 1

  few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom

• 数shùHSK 2

  number; figure; several; a few

• 至少zhì shǎoHSK 3

  at least; (to say the) least

• 不少bù shǎoHSK 2

  many; a lot; not few

• 数据shù jùHSK 4

  data

• 数字shù zìHSK 2

  numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc)

• 大多数dà duō shùHSK 2

  (great) majority

• 减少jiǎn shǎoHSK 4

  to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

• 数量shù liàngHSK 3

  amount; quantity; quantitative

• 数学shù xué

  mathematics; mathematical

• 人数rén shùHSK 2

  number of people

• 无数wú shùHSK 4

  countless; numberless; innumerable

• 少年shào niánHSK 2

  early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man

• 少女shào nǚHSK 7

  girl; young lady

• 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2

  adolescent; youth; teenager

• 缺少quē shǎoHSK 3

  lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack

• 多数duō shùHSK 2

  majority; most

• 指数zhǐ shùHSK 6

  (numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth)

• 数据库shù jù kùHSK 7

  database

• 数码shù mǎHSK 4

  number; numerals; figures; digital; amount; numerical code

• 倒数dào shǔHSK 7

  to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)

• 分数fēn shùHSK 2

  (exam) grade; mark; score; fraction

• 数目shù mùHSK 5

  amount; number