么 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 3 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ちいさい
  2. おさない
  3. (現代中国:「什么」などで)「ma」音の音符。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

interrogative particle, repetition of a tune small, tender

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エウ
Other languages
  • 拼音ma5 me5 mo3 mo5 yao1

Basics

Strokes
3 strokes
Radical
丿(の)
JIS level
Level 4
Unicode
U+4E48

Words using this kanji

  • 么九牌ヤオチュウハイterminal and honor tiles (i.e. 1, 9, and non-numbered tiles)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

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