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See also: 麼 and 麽
么 U+4E48, 么
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E48
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 义 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Variant of 幺.

Definitions

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

Etymology 2

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 麼.
(This character is the simplified form of 麼).
Notes:

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

(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

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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