Etymology

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Character: 麼

English Senses For (英文): mo2
tiny / a special particle found in dramatic dialogues

English Senses For (英文): ma
a final interrogative particle

English Senses For (英文): ma2
a particle used in the phrase 甚麼 (what)

English Senses For (英文): me
a particle used in the interrogative phrase 甚麼 (what)

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 9EBD
GB2312-80 := F7E1

麽

Simplification (簡化方法):
no simplification
traditional with 1 different simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 9EBC
Big5 := BBF2

麼
麼 me ma ma2 mo2 麻 ma2 (productive phonetic)

麻 ma2 hemp
幺 yao1 string

Etymology (文字來源):
Phonetic Signific, 幺 meaning (small) string - borrowed for sound

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

Spoken Chinese and Other Languages

Unicode Tests

Chinese Equivalent Websites

Chinese Encoding and Conversion

Enable XP for maximum Chinese

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
細也從幺麻聲

Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S02859

LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) Characters

L17022


Bronze (金文编) Characters - none known


Oracle (甲骨文) Characters - none known

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