寡

few / scant / widowed

one of the characters used in kwukyel (phonetic "myeon"), an ancient Korean writing system

and / moreover / yet / for the time being / to be about to / both (... and...)

to divide; to separate / to distribute; to allocate / to distinguish (good and bad) / (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]) / fraction / one tenth (of certain units) / unit of length equivalent to 0.33 cm / minute (unit of time) / minute (angular measurement unit) / a point (in sports or games) / 0.01 yuan (unit of money)

part / share / ingredient / component

"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]

indecisive / irresolute

ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded

number / amount

an unjust cause finds little support (idiom, from Mencius) / cf 得道多助[de2 dao4 duo1 zhu4] a just cause attracts much support

one who is cut off from others (idiom) / one who has chosen to follow a solitary path / (can also be an indirect way of referring to an unmarried person)

orphans and widows / to be lonely / loneliness

a single man and a single woman / bachelors / a man and a woman together (typically in a secluded setting)

the multitude against the few, a wide disparity (idiom from Mencius); heavily outnumbered / unequally matched / overwhelmed by weight of numbers

the many or the few

do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)

harsh and merciless (idiom)