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僅

Slight
Stroke count: 13

Readings

On readingキン
Kun readingわず.か
JōyōGrade 8Level 33

Meanings

  1. slight
  2. a wee bit
  3. trifleRtK
  1. a few
  2. small
  3. trifling

Radicals and components

Radical人person亻variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · cabbage · flowers (艹) · mouth (口) · grow up

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1699

Compound words

僅かわずか
a little; a few; small; slight; trifling
僅々きんきん
only
僅にわずかに
slightly
僅僅きんきん
only
僅差きんさ
narrow margin
僅少きんしょう
a little
僅かにわずかに
slightly
僅少差きんしょうさ
narrow majority
ごく僅かごくわずか
derisory
残り僅かのこりわずか
only a few left, almost gone
人生僅か五十年じんせいわずかごじゅうねん
life is short

Additional Examples

僅かな不注意が大惨事に繋がる恐れがある。
Slight inattention can cause a great disaster.tatoeba
僅かながらの私の持っていたお金を全部彼に与えた。
I gave him what little money I had.tatoeba

Stroke Order

13 strokes

Barely, a little. 亻 (person) + 堇 (clay) — someone left with just a lump of clay. 僅か — just a little.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 僅

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step