么

See also: 麼 and 麽

么	U+4E48, 么 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E48

← 乇
[U+4E47]

CJK Unified Ideographs

义 →
[U+4E49]

Translingual edit

Stroke order

Han character edit

么 (Kangxi radical 4, 丿+2, 3 strokes, cangjie input 竹戈 (HI), four-corner 2073₂, composition ⿱丿厶)

Derived characters edit

仫, 䶸, 𡚸, 𢩻, 𭯷, 𬌫, 𣏈, 𤣵, 𬁲, 𥃼, 𬑼, 𥝠, 𰭳, 𰲪, 𤱔, 𰗩
𰿋, 𩑑, 𩾮, 𭄢, 𮐋, 簒, 庅, 麽, 𭜍, 𤙋

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 82, character 3
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 121
Dae Jaweon: page 165, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 33, character 2
Unihan data for U+4E48

Chinese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Glyph origin edit

Variant of 幺.

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 么 – see 幺 (“tiny; minute; youngest; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 幺).

Etymology 2 edit

Glyph origin edit

Simplified from 麽 (elimination of 麻). Officially adopted as the simplified form of 麽 in the Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (《漢字簡化方案》) in 1956.

Definitions edit

For pronunciation and definitions of 么 – see 麼. (This character is the simplified form of 麼).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Usage notes edit

麼 or 麽 is written as 么 and 麽 in simplified Chinese depending on the meaning. See 麼／么 to learn more.

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

么

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Go-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}
Kan-on: よう (yō)^{←えう (eu, historical)}

Compounds edit

Usage notes edit

This kanji is commonly used in mahjong terminology, otherwise it is a variant kanji of 幺.

Korean edit

Hanja edit

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

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