Kanji details for 寡
寡
Common kanji
widow, minority, few
ON:
- カka
Example words(showing 1-10 of 32 results)
adverb, noun
1.
small quantity, little, few, something
2.
little while
3.
short distance
All readings:
少し【すこし】
、寡し【すこし】
、些し【すこし】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
adjective
•
few, a little, scarce, insufficient, seldom
All readings:
少ない【すくない】
、少い【すくない】[1]
、尠い【すくない】
、寡い【すくない】
Notes:
- irregular okurigana usage
noun
•
widow, divorced woman not remarried, unmarried woman
Other readings:
寡婦【やもめ】
、寡【やもめ】
、孀【やもめ】
na-adjective, noun
•
untalkative, quiet, taciturn, reticent, uncommunicative
noun
•
degree (of something), greatness or smallness (of something), quantity, number, amount, size
na-adjective, noun
•
unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)