少数 (shǎo shù)

Character breakdown

• 少 (shǎo) · 4 strokes

  Depicts four dots, representing the meaning "few". Originally the same character as 小. The small dots possibly represent grains of sand (沙).

• 数 (shǔ) · 13 strokes

  Simplified form of 數. Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.