幺

See also: 么, ㄠ, and ㆯ

幺 U+5E7A, 幺 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7A ← 幹 [U+5E79] CJK Unified Ideographs 幻 → [U+5E7B]

⼳ U+2F33, ⼳ KANGXI RADICAL SHORT THREAD ← ⼲ [U+2F32] Kangxi Radicals ⼴ → [U+2F34]

⺓ U+2E93, ⺓ CJK RADICAL THREAD ← ⺒ [U+2E92] CJK Radicals Supplement ⺔ → [U+2E94]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

幺 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+0, 3 strokes, cangjie input 女戈 (VI), composition ⿱𠃋厶(GHT) or ⿱𡿨厶(JK))

1. Kangxi radical #52, ⼳.

Derived characters

• Appendix:Chinese radical/幺
• 吆, 幻, 𢩼, 㭃, 𦘷, 𦔷, 乣, 㓜, 𣢄, 𢇀, 𩑗, 𠣎, 𢦙, 𡗞, 糸, 玄, 𡴁, 𡵏, 𢇝, 麼, 𡆩, 酳, 䯚

Descendants

• ㄠ (Zhuyin alphabet)

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		幺
alternative forms		么 𡆩

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• 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

• Wu (Wiktionary): iau (T1)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yao
    • Wade–Giles: yao¹
    • Yale: yāu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iau
    • Palladius: яо (jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āo
    • Zhuyin: ㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ao
    • Wade–Giles: ao¹
    • Yale: āu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: au
    • Palladius: ао (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/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: iau (T1)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iɔ⁵³/

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• 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

幺

1. tiny; minute

   幺麼／幺麽  ―  yāomó  ―  small; minute

2. youngest

   老幺  ―  lǎoyāo  ―  informal manner of referring to the last (youngest) child in a family

3. (dialectal) one
4. 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)
5. ace; one on dice or dominoes
6. (mathematics) related to number 1

   幺元  ―  yāoyuán  ―  unity

7. a surname
8. (Mainland China) yocto- (SI unit prefix)

   Synonym: 攸 (yōu) (Taiwan)

Compounds

• 六幺／六么 (Liùyāo)
• 十三幺 (shísānyāo)
• 幺匿 (yāonì)
• 老幺／老么 (lǎoyāo)
• 么二
• 么二三的
• 么喝
• 么女
• 么末

• 么篇
• 告么
• 呼么喝六
• 喝六呼么
• 挑么挑六
• 清么
• 臭么
• 么師／么师

• 么絃／么弦
• 么麼／么么
• 么麼小丑／么么小丑
• 小么兒／小么儿
• 幺兒／么兒 (yāo'ér)
• 幺溝／幺沟／么沟 (Yāogōu)
• 弄鬼妝么／弄鬼妆么
• 裝么／装么

Usage notes

• 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.

See also

SI prefix
Last
介/仄	攸/幺

Etymology 2

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

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Japanese

Kanji

幺

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): 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: Hán Nôm readings: yêu

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