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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Cantonese

Hanzi

幺 (Jyutping jiu1, Yale yiu1)

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Hakka

Hanzi

幺 (POJ yau, Guangdong jau¹; zau¹ [Hailu], jeu¹ [Siyan])

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary

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Japanese

Kanji

幺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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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Mandarin

Hanzi

幺 (Pinyin yāo (yao1), yào (yao4), Wade-Giles yao¹, yao⁴)

Adjective

幺 (simplified, Pinyin yāo, traditional 么)

1. youngest

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

Noun

幺 (simplified, Pinyin yāo, traditional 么)

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

Proper noun

幺 (simplified, Pinyin yāo, traditional 么)

1. a Chinese surname

References

• "幺" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-14.

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Min Nan

Hanzi

幺 (POJ iau (iau¹), io (io¹), Guangdong iao¹, iou¹)

References

• VoiceDic (汉语方言发音字典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幺 (yêu)