少

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few

On-Yomi: ショウ — Kun-Yomi: すく.ない、すこ.し

Elements:

few, little, small, drop

Heisig story:

First we need to look at the fourth stroke, the drop at the bottom that has been extended into a longer diagonal stroke leaning left. This happens because a single, isolated drop will NEVER appear beneath its relative primitive in its normal size, for fear it would drop off and get lost. As for the meaning, let the tiny drop indicate a further belittling of what is already little - thus making it a few of something little.

Koohii stories:

1) [raseru] 6-2-2008(129): Only a few people can make an ugly face like that.

2) [DrWarrior12] 3-8-2007(60): Few usually refers to three. To emphasize three, we underline the three drops in little.

3) [Easytarget] 3-3-2009(27): A happy grin, after a few drinks.

4) [Christine_Tham] 23-7-2007(21): That playground has a few little ones sliding down the slide.

5) [Virtua_Leaf] 6-10-2009(18): A few little penguins slide belly-first down an ice slide.

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