HSK 2 · Quantities

少数

shǎo shù

minority

Stroke order of 少数

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

少 · 4 strokes 数 · 13 strokes

Memory trick

少 is a small 小 with a slash cutting off a bit; 数 is a count: a counted few.

Parts: 少 few + 数 number

The characters in 少数

少 shǎo — few; little (4 strokes)
数 shǔ — to count (13 strokes)

Example sentence

只有少数人知道这件事。

Only a few people know about this.

Words with 少

多少how many; how much 少few; little 少年teenager; juvenile 青少年teenagers; young people 不少quite a lot 至少at least 缺少to lack; shortage

Words with 数

分数score; mark 数to count 数字number; digit 多数majority 大多数the vast majority 人数number of people 数量quantity; amount 数学mathematics

More words: Quantities

数to count 数字number; digit 一共altogether 部分part 大部分most; the greater part 一部分a part 多数majority 大多数the vast majority 人数number of people 人口population 大量a large amount 许多many; a lot of 好多many; a lot 不少quite a lot

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