幺

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

幺 (radical 52 幺+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 女戈 (VI))

1. one
2. tiny, small

Usage notes

么 is used instead of 幺 in mahjong.

Descendants

• ㄠ

References

• KangXi: page 341, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9189
• Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1092, character 14
• Unihan data for U+5E7A

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Chinese

		-
simp. and trad.		幺

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāo, yào (yao¹, yao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠ, ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jiu¹
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yau
• Min Nan (POJ): au / io

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
    • Wade-Giles: yao¹
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yào
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
    • Wade-Giles: yao⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jiu¹
    • Yale: yīu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jiu¹
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːu̯⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yau
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /ja̯u⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: au / io
    • Tâi-lô: au / io
    • IPA (Taipei): /aʊ⁴⁴/, /iə⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʊ³⁴/, /iə³⁴/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (幺, reconstructed)
Character (幺), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 影 (34) Final: 蕭 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 於堯切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʔeu/	/ʔieu/	/ʔeu/	/ʔeu/	/ʔɛw/	/ieu/	/ʔeu/

Old Chinese pronunciation (幺, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
幺								yāo								‹ ʔew ›								/*ʔˤ[i]w/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
幺					14618					幺					幽					3					幺					/*qiːw/

Adjective

幺

1. youngest

   老么 informal manner of referring to the last (youngest) child in a family

Noun

幺

1. one (when spelling number on phone or in military)
2. ace, one on dice or dominoes

Proper noun

幺

1. a Chinese surname

References

• "幺" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-14.
• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

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Japanese

Kanji

幺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: よう (yō)
• Kun: ちいさい (chiisai)

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Korean

Hanja

幺 (yo) (hangeul 요, revised yo, McCune-Reischauer yo)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幺 (yêu)

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