Read Edit View history Discussion 幺 yāo tiny Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a twisted thread. Pinyin Separate values with commas yāo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 么 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 幺 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 486, 764 ], [ 503, 746 ], [ 517, 700 ], [ 377, 495 ], [ 297, 394 ], [ 280, 356 ], [ 338, 346 ], [ 515, 354 ], [ 541, 367 ] ], [ [ 670, 561 ], [ 691, 510 ], [ 674, 486 ], [ 554, 340 ], [ 345, 122 ], [ 322, 90 ], [ 315, 63 ], [ 343, 58 ], [ 373, 62 ], [ 458, 82 ], [ 632, 110 ], [ 705, 117 ], [ 716, 108 ] ], [ [ 652, 253 ], [ 764, 115 ], [ 783, 79 ], [ 792, 25 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 550 371 Q 547 371 344 372 Q 307 373 328 396 Q 443 555 552 670 Q 571 689 569 699 Q 568 718 525 760 Q 507 779 484 777 Q 469 776 475 755 Q 493 700 343 484 Q 310 435 247 389 Q 222 373 223 359 Q 227 335 242 311 Q 254 296 270 304 Q 315 323 528 343 C 558 346 580 371 550 371 Z", "M 712 129 Q 561 120 379 90 Q 336 80 367 111 Q 455 214 660 418 Q 702 461 737 486 Q 753 496 747 510 Q 737 537 697 565 Q 678 580 665 577 Q 652 574 653 554 Q 650 497 550 371 L 528 343 Q 527 342 526 341 Q 307 104 263 88 Q 244 78 245 60 Q 245 42 275 13 Q 287 -3 308 9 Q 482 81 725 106 C 755 109 742 131 712 129 Z", "M 725 106 Q 743 78 761 43 Q 771 18 787 9 Q 794 6 806 14 Q 822 24 820 73 Q 821 139 656 264 Q 647 273 642 260 Q 638 247 646 233 Q 677 187 712 129 L 725 106 Z" ] } 3 strokes 幺 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 486, 764 ], [ 503, 746 ], [ 517, 700 ], [ 377, 495 ], [ 297, 394 ], [ 280, 356 ], [ 338, 346 ], [ 515, 354 ], [ 541, 367 ] ], [ [ 670, 561 ], [ 691, 510 ], [ 674, 486 ], [ 554, 340 ], [ 345, 122 ], [ 322, 90 ], [ 315, 63 ], [ 343, 58 ], [ 373, 62 ], [ 458, 82 ], [ 632, 110 ], [ 705, 117 ], [ 716, 108 ] ], [ [ 652, 253 ], [ 764, 115 ], [ 783, 79 ], [ 792, 25 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 550 371 Q 547 371 344 372 Q 307 373 328 396 Q 443 555 552 670 Q 571 689 569 699 Q 568 718 525 760 Q 507 779 484 777 Q 469 776 475 755 Q 493 700 343 484 Q 310 435 247 389 Q 222 373 223 359 Q 227 335 242 311 Q 254 296 270 304 Q 315 323 528 343 C 558 346 580 371 550 371 Z", "M 712 129 Q 561 120 379 90 Q 336 80 367 111 Q 455 214 660 418 Q 702 461 737 486 Q 753 496 747 510 Q 737 537 697 565 Q 678 580 665 577 Q 652 574 653 554 Q 650 497 550 371 L 528 343 Q 527 342 526 341 Q 307 104 263 88 Q 244 78 245 60 Q 245 42 275 13 Q 287 -3 308 9 Q 482 81 725 106 C 755 109 742 131 712 129 Z", "M 725 106 Q 743 78 761 43 Q 771 18 787 9 Q 794 6 806 14 Q 822 24 820 73 Q 821 139 656 264 Q 647 273 642 260 Q 638 247 646 233 Q 677 187 712 129 L 725 106 Z" ] } 3 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.