少
JLPT HSK 1

shǎo, shào
Top: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small), bottom: extra stroke ノ
Such a small stroke is too few.

	步
JLPT HSK 2

bù
Top: stop 止 (image of a right foot that stops at a line 一 ), bottom: Variant of little 少 (traditionally: the sign for right foot, similar to 少: put one foot in front of the other)
Stop a little when: walking.

	沙
JLPT HSK 4

shā
Left: water 氵, right: few, little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
(In the past, water was never fully pure:) In the water is a little sand.

	省
JLPT HSK 4

shěng, xǐng
Top: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few), below: eye 目
(No big wishes) If only few (things) come into your eyes, you economize and practice introspective awareness.

	秒
JLPT HSK 4

miǎo
Left rice plant 禾, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
(To plant a) rice plant you need as little as one second.

	妙
JLPT HSK 5

miào
Left: woman 女, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
Among women, there are few who are clever and wonderful???

	劣
JLPT HSK 5

liè
Top: small/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few.), below: strength 力
Too little strength makes you inferior.

	吵
JLPT HSK 5

chǎo
Left: mouth 口, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few.)
With your mouth you can make a little quarrel and noise.

	抄
JLPT HSK 5

chāo
Left: hand 扌, right: little 少
If your (own) hand only does a little, you are copying.

	炒
JLPT HSK 5

chǎo
Left: fire 火, right: few, little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
If the fire is only a little, it is fried shortly.

	雀
JLPT HSK 6

qiāo, qiǎo, què
Top: small 小, bottom: bird 隹
The small bird is a sparrow.

	钞
JLPT HSK 6

chāo
Left: metal, gold, money 钅/金, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
(In terms of weight) The money becomes less: as paper money.

	渺
JLPT HSK 6

miǎo
Left: water 氵, right: 眇 (variation of economize 省 Only few 少 eyes 目 see, how you economize)
The water should be economized, if you are still far distant.

	砂
JLPT no HSK

shā
Left: stone 石, right: few/little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
If stones are made "fewer", you get sand.

	纱
JLPT no HSK

shā
Left: thread 纟/糸, right: few, little 少 (A small 小 stroke ノ is too few)
If the threads are few, it is a yarn or a loose gauze.

	莎
JLPT no HSK

shā, suō
Left: growing plant 艹, right: sand, gravel 沙 (In [unclear] water 氵is always a little 少 sand.)
A plant for sandy (grounds) is this: sedge grass.

	鲨
JLPT no HSK

shā
Top: sand, gravel 沙 (in [unclear] water 氵is always a little 少 sand), bottom: fish 鱼/魚
In the sandy water is this fish: the shark.