Chinese symbol for “young”
少
shào
young
The closest CC-CEDICT match for young is 少 (shào), defined as: young.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “young”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 年轻 (年輕) | nián qīng | young |
| 仔 | zǐ | (bound form) (of domestic animals or fowl) young; (bound form) fine; detailed |
| 幼稚 | yòu zhì | young; childish |
| 幼 | yòu | young |
| 年幼 | nián yòu | young; underage |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 少.
| 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 |
| 少数 (少數) | shǎo shù | small number; few |
See also: Japanese symbol for “young”.
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.