幺
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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
Descendants
- ㄠ (Zhuyin alphabet)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: 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 |
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Pictogram (象形) . Depiction of a silk thread. Compare 糸.
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): yao1
- Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu1
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yêu
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1iau
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yao
- Wade–Giles: yao1
- Yale: yāu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
- Palladius: яо (jao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄠ
- Tongyong Pinyin: ao
- Wade–Giles: ao1
- Yale: āu
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
- Palladius: ао (ao)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
- Sichuanese Pinyin: yao1
- Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iao
- Sinological IPA (key): /iau⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: jiu1
- Yale: yīu
- Cantonese Pinyin: jiu1
- Guangdong Romanization: yiu1
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu
- Hakka Romanization System: ieuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yeu1
- Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieuˊ
- Hagfa Pinyim: yeu1
- Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Southern Min
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: 'ew
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤw/
- (Zhengzhang): /*qiːw/
Definitions
幺
- tiny; 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
- a surname
- (Mainland China) yocto- (SI unit prefix)
- Synonym: 攸 (yōu) (Taiwan)
Synonyms
- (one):
Dialectal synonyms of 一 (“one”)
Compounds
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
| SI prefix | ||
|---|---|---|
| Last | Next | |
| 介/仄 | 攸/幺 | 絨/柔 / 绒/柔 |
Etymology 2
| For pronunciation and definitions of 幺 – see 糸 (“thin silk”). (This character is a variant form of 糸). |
Japanese
Kanji
幺
Readings
Usage notes
- As a radical it is generally referred to as いとがしら (itogashira).
- The variant form 么 is often used in mahjong terms.
Korean
Hanja
幺 • (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune–Reischauer yo)
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Vietnamese
Han character
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