少子化

Traditional form:

少子化

Pinyin (reading):

shǎozǐhuà

Definitions:

• declining birthrate (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 少子化 "shoushika")

Characters:

• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize

Traditional characters:

• 少 - few, little; less; inadequate
• 子 - son, child; seed, egg; fruit; small thing
• 化 - to change, to convert, to reform; -ize