Mnemonic
This meal has only two grains of rice left on the plate—a little bit is honestly a generous way to describe it. You pick up this pathetic two-grain serving with your chopsticks, squinting to even see it, wondering who devoured the rest while you weren't looking.
Additional thoughts
Picture a huge empty plate with exactly two tiny grains of rice. 'This' sits on top of 'two,' just like the kanji structure. The absurd image of two grains = a little bit locks it in.Quick recall
This plate with only two grains is a little bit of food.Details
The keyword for 些 is a little bit. This kanji conveys the sense of a small, slight, or trivial amount of something. It is used to express that something is minor, insignificant, or only present to a minimal degree. In everyday usage, it often modifies other words to indicate that only a tiny quantity or a slight degree of something is involved.
- On'yomi
- さ、しゃ
- Kun'yomi
- ち.と、ち.っと、いささか