女 points to woman.
mysterious, subtle; clever, exquisite, wonderful
COMMON WORD妙 · clever; wonderfulOpen 妙 character →The 少 Character Family
少 recurs in these common characters. Use it to notice a pattern, then check each character’s own pronunciation and tone.
少 is a sound clue; the left component changes the meaning.
Learn the semantic clue, then open the character page to practise it in context.
目 points to division.
province; frugal; to save, to leave out
COMMON WORD省1 · to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government); (bound form) to scrutinizeOpen 省 character →氵 points to water.
sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
COMMON WORD沙发 · (loanword) sofa; (Internet slang) first reply to a forum postOpen 沙 character →口 points to mouth.
to argue, to dispute; to annoy, to disturb
COMMON WORD吵 · to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noiseOpen 吵 character →火 points to fire.
to boil, to fry, to roast, to sauté; to trade stock
COMMON WORD炒 · to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp; to hype up; to sack; to fire (sb)Open 炒 character →扌 points to hand.
copy, plagiarism; to confiscate, to seize
COMMON WORD抄 · to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off withOpen 抄 character →Start with these six high-value examples, then open the complete 12-character family when you are ready.
View all 12 family characters →How should I study the 少 character family?
Compare the meaning-side component, then learn every member in a common word. The shared component is a memory aid, not a fixed pronunciation rule.