幺
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youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes; variant of 吆[yao1], to shout
- Strokes
- 3
- Radical
- 幺 itself
- Structure
- Single component 独体
- Traditional
- 幺
- Common rank
- #3,123
- Unicode
- U+5E7A
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Words with 幺
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幺儿 | (coll.) youngest son | |
| 老幺 | (coll.) youngest child | |
| 幺点 | ace | |
| 幺二 | one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice); a prostitute | |
| 对幺 | pair of aces (in dominoes); double one | |
| 幺女 | (coll.) youngest daughter | |
| 幺鸡 | (mahjong) bird tile; one bam | |
| 幺并矢 | idemfactor (math.) | |
| 幺麽小丑 | (idiom) insignificant wretch |
Sound family
These characters use 幺 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幺 sound part | one; tiny, small | |
| 吆 | to cry, to bawl; to yell, to shout |