Chinese symbol for “minority”
少数
shǎo shù
Traditional: 少數
small number; few; minority
The closest CC-CEDICT match for minority is 少数 (shǎo shù), defined as: small number; few; minority.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 少数.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 多少 | duō shǎo | number; amount; somewhat |
| 减少 (減少) | jiǎn shǎo | to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least; (to say the) least |
| 不少 | bù shǎo | many; quite a few; a good number of |
| 数据 (數據) | shù jù | data |
| 人数 (人數) | rén shù | number of people |
| 数字 (數字) | shù zì | numeral; digit |
| 数量 (數量) | shù liàng | amount; quantity; quantitative |
See also: Japanese symbol for “minority”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.