幺

See also: 么, ㄠ, and ㆯ

幺	U+5E7A, 幺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7A

← 幹
[U+5E79]

CJK Unified Ideographs

幻 →
[U+5E7B]

⺓	U+2E93, ⺓ CJK RADICAL THREAD

← ⺒
[U+2E92]

CJK Radicals Supplement

⺔ →
[U+2E94]

⼳	U+2F33, ⼳ KANGXI RADICAL SHORT THREAD

← ⼲
[U+2F32]

Kangxi Radicals

⼴ →
[U+2F34]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order

Han character[edit]

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Radical 52 幺

幺 (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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

ㄠ (Zhuyin alphabet)

References[edit]

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[edit]

simp. and trad.		幺
alternative forms		么𡆩

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 幺
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (幺) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
幺	*qiːw
吆	*qiːw

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): yāo, āo (yao¹, ao¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ, ㄠ

(Chengdu, SP): yao¹
Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yêu
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): io / au

(Teochew, Peng'im): iao¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yāo
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
  - Wade–Giles: yao¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: āo
  - Zhuyin: ㄠ
  - Wade–Giles: ao¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: yao¹
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iao
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: jiu¹
  - Yale: yīu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yiu¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: ieu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯eu̯²⁴/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yêu
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ieu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yeu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯eu̯²⁴/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: io / au
  - Tâi-lô: io / au
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ioy, aw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /io⁴⁴/, /au⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /io³³/, /au³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /io⁴⁴/, /au⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /io⁴⁴/, /au⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɤ⁴⁴/, /au⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iao¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iau
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iau³³/

Middle Chinese: /ʔeu/

Rime
Character	幺
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	於堯切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʔeu/
Pan Wuyun	/ʔeu/
Shao Rongfen	/ʔeu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʔɛw/
Li Rong	/ʔeu/
Wang Li	/ieu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʔieu/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yāo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jiu¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤ[i]w/

(Zhengzhang): /*qiːw/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	幺
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yāo
Middle Chinese	‹ ʔew ›
Old Chinese	/*ʔˁ[i]w/
English	small (Shuōwén)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	幺
Reading #	1/1
No.	14618
Phonetic component	幺
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	幺
Old Chinese	/*qiːw/

Definitions[edit]

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
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[edit]

幺匿 (yāonì)
幺溝／幺沟／么沟 (Yāogōu)
弄鬼妝么／弄鬼妆么
挑么挑六
清么
老幺／老么 (lǎoyāo)
臭么
裝么／装么

Usage notes[edit]

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.

Etymology 2[edit]

For pronunciation and definitions of 幺 – see 糸 (“thin silk; etc.”). (This character, 幺, is a variant form of 糸.)

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

幺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings[edit]

On (unclassified): よう (yō)
Kun: ちいさい (chiisai)

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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