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幺
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
么
🇨🇳

one

HSK 10
Abstract →Numbers
yāo
ヨウ
ちいさい
요
Pictograph of a twisted thread.
Notes
Historical Evolution
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Seal
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
幺
Regular
Modern
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
幺 やお
Yao surname
CHINESE WORDS (6)
老幺 [lǎo​yāo] #58,014
youngest
幺麽小丑 [yāo​mó​xiǎo​chǒu] #75,629
insignificant wretch
对幺 [duì​yāo]
pair of aces (in dominoes)
幺二 [yāo​'èr]
one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice)
幺并矢 [yāo​bìng​shǐ]
idemfactor (math.)
幺点 [yāo​diǎn]
ace
JAPANESE WORDS (3)
断ヤオ九 [タンヤオチュー] #173,212
all simples
么九牌 [ヤオチュウハイ]
terminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)
断ヤオ [タンヤオ]
tanyao (winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles)