JLPT N4 · People

少女

しょうじょ

girl

Stroke order of 少女

2 characters, 7 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

少 · 4 strokes女 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

A young (少) woman (女): a girl.

Parts: 少 few/young + 女 woman

The characters in 少女

女おんな — woman (3 strokes)

Example sentence

少女は絵をかいています。

しょうじょはえをかいています。

The girl is drawing a picture.

Words with 少

少ないfew; little 少しa little 少年boy 減少decrease 少子化declining birthrate 少量small quantity 少数minority; few 少々a little 多少somewhat

Words with 女

女woman 女の子girl 女の人woman 女性woman; female 長女eldest daughter

More words: People

恋人sweetheart 孫grandchild 親戚relative 知り合いacquaintance 男性man; male 女性woman; female 青年young man; youth 少年boy 先輩senior (at school/work)後輩junior (at school/work)

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