么

See also: 幺, 麼, and 麽

么 U+4E48, 么 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E48 ← 乇 [U+4E47] CJK Unified Ideographs 义 → [U+4E49]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

References

• 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

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Chinese

Etymology 1

Glyph origin

Variant of 幺.

Definitions

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

Etymology 2

Glyph origin

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 么 – see 麼. (This character, 么, is the simplified form of 麼.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Usage notes

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

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Japanese

Kanji

么

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

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

Compounds

• 純 (ジュン)全 (チャン)帯 (タイ)么 (ヤオ)九 (チュウ) (junchantaiyaochū)
• 断 (タン)么 (ヤオ)九 (チュウ) (tan'yaochū)
• 混 (ホン)全 (チャン)帯 (タイ)么 (ヤオ)九 (チュウ) (honchantaiyaochū)
• 么 (ヤオ)九 (チュウ)牌 (ハイ) (yaochūhai)

Notes

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

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Korean

Hanja

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

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