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麼

麼

See also: 么 and 麽

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

麼 (radical 200 麻+3, 14 strokes, cangjie input 戈金女戈 (ICVI) or 戈木女戈 (IDVI), four-corner 00232, composition ⿸麻幺)

References

  • KangXi: page 1515, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47892
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2045, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4724, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+9EBC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (麻) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
麻 *mraːl
痲 *mraːl
犘 *mraːl
縻 *mral
醿 *mral
爢 *mral
蘼 *mral, *mralʔ, *mrɯl
靡 *mralʔ
摩 *maːl, *maːls
魔 *maːl
磨 *maːl, *maːls
劘 *maːl
麽 *maːl
麼 *maːlʔ
塺 *maːls, *mɯːl
麾 *hmral

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *maːlʔ) : phonetic 麻 ‎(OC *mraːl) + semantic 幺 ‎(“small, tiny”).

Etymology 1

trad. 麼/麽
simp. 么

Pronunciation

Definitions

麼

  1. A particle placed after the first clause of a compound sentence, used to express tactfulness.
    她麼，想走就讓她走吧。 [MSC, trad.]
    她么，想走就让她走吧。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā me, xiǎng zǒu jiù ràng tā zǒu ba. [Pinyin]
    As for her... just let her leave if she wants to. (I don't really care.)
  2. A suffix for forming pronouns or adverbs.
    什麼 / 什么  ―  shénme  ―  what
    怎麼 / 怎么  ―  zěnme  ―  how
    這麼 / 这么  ―  zhème  ―  like this; so; such
    多麼 / 多么  ―  duōme  ―  how; what; so; such
Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 麼/麽
simp. 么

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

麼

  1. Alternative form of 嗎／吗 (ma, “final interrogative particle”).
    你記得我麼？ / 你记得我么？  ―  Nǐ jìde wǒ ma?  ―  Do you remember me?

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

麼

  1. Alternative form of 嘛 (ma, “final interrogative particle”).

Etymology 3

trad. 麼/麽
simp. 麽
alt. forms 尛

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 麼
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 亡果切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /muɑX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /muɑX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /muɑX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /mwaX/
Li
Rong		 /muɑX/
Wang
Li		 /muɑX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /muɑX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 mǒ
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 麼
Reading # 1/1
No. 8709
Phonetic
component		 麻
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 麼
Old
Chinese		 /*maːlʔ/
Notes 見尉繚子

Definitions

麼

  1. tiny; insignificant
    幺麼 / 幺麽  ―  yāomó  ―  small; minute
  2. A surname​.

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

麼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

麼 • ‎(ma) (hangeul 마, revised ma, McCune-Reischauer ma, Yale ma)

  1. small
  2. thin

Vietnamese

Han character

麼 (ma)

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