么

See also: 麼 and 麽

么	U+4E48, 么 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E48

← 乇
[U+4E47]

CJK Unified Ideographs

义 →
[U+4E49]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

么 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈 (HI), four-corner 2073₂, composition ⿱丿厶)

References

KangXi: page 82, character 3

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 121

Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 9

Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 33, character 2

Unihan data for U+4E48

Chinese

Glyph origin

Variant of 幺.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 么 – see 幺 (“tiny; minute; youngest; etc.”). (This character, 么, is a variant form of 幺.)

Glyph origin

Simplified from 麽 (elimination of 麻). Officially adopted as the simplified form of 麽 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 么 – see 麽. (This character, 么, is the simplified form of 麽.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Usage notes

麼 or 麽 is written as 么 and 麽 in simplified Chinese depending on the meaning. See 麼 to learn more.

Japanese

Kanji

么

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}

Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}

Compounds

純(ジュン)全(チャン)帯(タイ)么(ヤオ)九(チュウ) (junchantaiyaochū)
断(タン)么(ヤオ)九(チュウ) (tan'yaochū)
混(ホン)全(チャン)帯(タイ)么(ヤオ)九(チュウ) (honchantaiyaochū)
么(ヤオ)九(チュウ)牌(ハイ) (yaochūhai)

Usage notes

This kanji is commonly used in mahjong terminology, otherwise it is a variant kanji of 幺.

Korean

Hanja

么 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)

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