少年

Character by character

• 少shǎo4 strokesHSK 1few, less, inadequate
• 年nián6 strokesHSK 1year; new-years; person's age

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 少年. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 年niánHSK 1

  grain; harvest (old); variant of 年

• 多少duō shǎoHSK 1

  number; amount; somewhat

• 少shǎoHSK 1

  few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom

• 今年jīn niánHSK 1

  this year

• 至少zhì shǎoHSK 3

  at least; (to say the) least

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 不少bù shǎoHSK 2

  many; a lot; not few

• 年轻nián qīngHSK 2

  young

• 年代nián dàiHSK 3

  a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

• 年龄nián língHSK 5

  (a person's) age

• 减少jiǎn shǎoHSK 4

  to lessen; to decrease; to reduce; to lower

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 新年xīn niánHSK 1

  New Year

• 年纪nián jìHSK 3

  age

• 青年qīng niánHSK 2

  youth; youthful years; young person; the young

• 周年zhōu niánHSK 2

  anniversary; annual

• 年度nián dùHSK 5

  year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual

• 少女shào nǚHSK 7

  girl; young lady

• 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2

  adolescent; youth; teenager

• 多年duō niánHSK 4

  many years; for many years; longstanding

• 缺少quē shǎoHSK 3

  lack; shortage of; shortfall; to be short (of); to lack

• 少数shǎo shùHSK 2

  small number; few; minority

• 童年tóng niánHSK 4

  childhood