幺

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.

• 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

• ㄠ (Zhuyin alphabet)

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Historical forms of the character 幺
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script

Pictogram (象形) . Depiction of a silk thread. Compare 糸.

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)

• (one):

• 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.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. small

• On (unclassified): よう (yō)
• Kun: ちいさい (chīsai)

• As a radical it is generally referred to as いとがしら (itogashira).
• The variant form 么 is often used in mahjong terms.

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

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幺: Hán Nôm readings: yêu

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