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幺
么
Yāo
1. surname Yao
Common • Top 7% Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

幺
yāo
one; tiny, small
3 丶

Compound Words (6)

幺二
yāoèr
one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice)
幺点
yāodiǎn
ace
对幺
duìyāo
pair of aces (in dominoes)
老幺
lǎoyāo
youngest
幺并矢
yāobìngshǐ
idemfactor (expressing a vector as sum of its three orthogonal projections)
幺麽小丑
yāomóxiǎochǒu
insignificant wretch

Alternate Entries

幺
yāo
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<yāo>]], to shout

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Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
4,504
Word Frequency Rank
6,283 of 84,292

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