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僅

a wee bit

StatusJōyō · secondary schoolStrokes12

Readings

On'yomi

  • キン
  • ゴン

Kun'yomi

  • わず.か

Meaning

僅 centers on a very small amount or degree: just a little, a tiny bit, barely enough to notice.

Most common words using 僅

  • 僅かわずか
    N3

    a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; meagre; meager; narrow (margin)

  • 僅差きんさ

    narrow margin; slim margin

  • 僅少きんしょう

    a little; a few; small; slight; trifling; insignificant; narrow (margin)

  • ごく僅かごくわずか
    N2

    derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible

  • 僅々きんきん
    N1

    only; just; merely; no more than

  • ほんの僅かほんのわずか

    small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

  • 人生僅か五十年じんせいわずかごじゅうねん

    life is short; life is just fifty years

  • 僅かしかわずかしか

    (nothing) but a little

  • 僅かながらわずかながら

    only slightly; small amount

  • 僅かにわずかに

    slightly; a little

  • 僅少差きんしょうさ

    narrow majority; shade of difference

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Etymology

僅 combines 亻 (person) with 堇, which likely contributes the sound and carries a sense of scarcity or smallness. The exact historical development of 堇 is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 standing beside 堇, which looks like a small, sparse plant struggling to grow. Together they suggest something barely there: just a wee bit.

Reading mnemonic

For キン, imagine a tiny kin (family member) who is so small they are just a wee bit of a person: kin -> キン.