Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Few

Alternative

A Little

Mnemonic

You have a small slide. The thing about small slides is that few people can use them. Not everyone can fit their bum in a small slide — only a few small ones can make it down.

Readings

On’yomi

しょう

Kun’yomi

すこ, すく

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Another reason so few people can use it is that the Shogun (しょう) is trying to go down the slide. We're talking a grown man who's way too big for this little slide, so a few people have to wait behind him — it's a slide traffic jam.

Found In Vocabulary