So if my understanding is correct 少年 means young person regardless of gender (because small years or few years means the person is still young). It is used in everyday conversation when referring to the period of youth, including in legal wording referencing youth, without regard to gender. Shōnen (少年?), shonen, or shounen, is a kango word that literally means few years and generally refers to a typical boy from elementary school through high school age. Googling something however gave me this Wikipedia page. My stackexchange search skills are poor, and my search attempts did not yield anything relevant to my question. Is there any reason why 年 was used instead of 男 which means men/male? Research However it does not make sense when I read 少年 because 年 means year. 少女 means little girl because 少 means little/small and 女 means lady/female.
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