么
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Etymology[edit]
Originally a variant of 幺. This eventually gave rise to the compound 麽 (itself a variant of 麼), originally mó ("small") but later used for the interrogative particle me (as in 什麽 shénme, 怎麽 zěnme, etc.). The simplified form removes the 麻 component from me, but retains it in mó (as in 幺麽 yāomó, "insignificant").
Han character[edit]
么 (radical 4 丿+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈 (HI), four-corner 20732, composition ⿱丿厶)
- interrogative particle
- repetition of a tune small
- tender
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 82, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 121
- Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 33, character 2
- Unihan data for U+4E48
Cantonese[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
么 (Yale mo1)
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
么
Readings[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
么 (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)
Mandarin[edit]
Hanzi[edit]
么 (simplified 幺, pinyin ma (ma5), me (me5), mǒ (mo3), mo (mo5), yāo (yao1), Wade-Giles ma5, *me5, mo3, mo5, yao1)
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- Traditional equivalent: 麼, 麽
