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少 — stroke order
Watch how to write 少 (shǎo) stroke by stroke. 少 has 4 strokes and means “few”. It appears in common words such as 多少 (number) and 至少 (at least). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 少
The most common words that use 少 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
How 少 is written
- Radical
- 小
- Components
- 小 ＋ 丿
- Formation
- Pictographic — Grains of sand; 小 provides the pronunciation and meaning.