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少々

しょうしょう

a little, a few

Mnemonic

Few and then the mark that says do it again, which somehow comes out meaning less rather than more. Show しょう, show しょう, and not much either time. A pinch of salt: しょうしょう.

Worth knowing

ちょっと is the everyday a little. 少々 is politer, and it is the one in 少々お待ちください.

Built from

few, a little
小 small with one more stroke slicing a bit off the corner.
repeat mark
Not a kanji. Typesetters call it ノマ because that is what it looks like, katakana ノ sat on マ. It means repeat the character before it, so 色々 is 色色 and 人々 is 人人. Formally it is a 踊り字, a dancing mark.

Words sharing these kanji

a bit, a little while girl few, little a little more, a bit more boy at least a little, somewhat various, in various ways we (formal) people daily, every day originally, by nature

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