幺
See also: 么, ㄠ, and ㆯ
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Translingual
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Han character
幺 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 女戈 (VI), composition ⿱𠃋厶(GHT) or ⿱𡿨厶(JK))
- Kangxi radical #52, ⼳.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/幺
- 吆, 幻, 𢩼, 㭃, 𦘷, 𦔷, 乣, 㓜, 𣢄, 𢇀, 𩑗, 𠣎, 𢦙, 𡗞, 糸, 玄, 𡴁, 𡵏, 𢇝, 麼, 𡆩, 酳, 䯚
Descendants
- ㄠ (Zhuyin alphabet)
References
- KangXi: page 341, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9189
- Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1092, character 14
- Unihan data for U+5E7A
Chinese
simp. and trad. | 幺 | |
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alternative forms | 么 𡆩 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 幺 | |
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Western Zhou | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Bronze inscriptions | Small seal script |
Characters in the same phonetic series (幺) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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幺 | *qiːw |
吆 | *qiːw |
Pronunciation
Definitions
幺
- tiny; minute
- 幺麼/幺麽 ― yāomó ― small; minute
- youngest
- 老幺 ― lǎoyāo ― informal manner of referring to the last (youngest) child in a family
- (dialectal) one
- one (used to reduce ambiguity when saying the numeral 1, especially on the phone, when reading an ID card, in aviation, or in the military)
- ace; one on dice or dominoes
- (mathematics) related to number 1
- 幺元 ― yāoyuán ― unity
- a surname
- (Mainland China) yocto- (SI unit prefix)
- Synonym: 攸 (yōu) (Taiwan)
Compounds
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Usage notes
- 么 is used instead of 幺 in mahjong and as a surname. Xiandai Hanyu Guifan Cidian (《现代汉语规范词典》) says '幺' and '么' are different characters.
See also
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介/仄 | 攸/幺 |
Etymology 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 幺 – see 糸 (“thin silk; etc.”). (This character, 幺, is a variant form of 糸.) |
Japanese
Kanji
幺
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
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Readings
- On (unclassified): よう (yō)
- Kun: ちいさい (chiisai)
Korean
Hanja
幺 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
幺: Hán Nôm readings: yêu
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