少子

しょうし

Meanings

1. Noun small number of children (per family); bearing few children See also: 少子化 (しょうしか).
2. youngest child (in the family)

Kanji

• 少 few. Read as ショウ.
• 子 child. Read as シ.

Words containing 少子

• 少子化 (しょうしか) declining birth rate
• 少子高齢化 (しょうしこうれいか) declining birth rate and aging population
• 少子化対策 (しょうしかたいさく) countermeasures to the falling birthrate

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