麼

See also: 么 and 麽

麼	U+9EBC, 麼 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9EBC

← 麻
[U+9EBB]

CJK Unified Ideographs

麽 →
[U+9EBD]

Translingual

Stroke order

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)

Derived characters

嬤

Related characters

麽 (Variant traditional form of 麼)

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): me, mo (me⁵, mo⁵)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄇㄜ, ˙ㄇㄛ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: me
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄜ
  - Wade–Giles: mê⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .mhe
  - IPA ^(key): /mə/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mo
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄛ
  - Wade–Giles: mo⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .mho
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ/

Note: mo - rare, in poetry, songs.

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹
  - Yale: mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/

Definitions

麼

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.)
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

Derived terms from 麼

什麼／甚麼／什么 (shénme)
仔麼／仔么
則麼／则么
多麼／多么 (duōme)
好麼／好么

怎麼／怎么 (zěnme)
恁麼／恁么
把麼／把么
為什麼／为什么 (wèishénme)

罷麼／罢么
要麼／要么 (yàome)
這麼／这么 (zhème)
那麼／那么 (nàme)

Etymology 2

trad.		麼/麽
simp.		么^*

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ma, me (ma⁵, me⁵)

(Zhuyin): ˙ㄇㄚ, ˙ㄇㄜ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: ma
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄚ
  - Wade–Giles: ma⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .mha
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠/
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: me
  - Zhuyin: ˙ㄇㄜ
  - Wade–Giles: mê⁵
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: .mhe
  - IPA ^(key): /mə/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹
  - Yale: mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/

Definitions

麼

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

Mandarin
(Pinyin): má (ma²)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: má
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˊ
  - Wade–Giles: ma²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ma
  - IPA ^(key): /ma̠³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹
  - Yale: mō
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/

Definitions

麼

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

Etymology 3

trad.		麼/麽
simp.		麽
alt. forms		尛

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mó, mǒ (mo², mo³)

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ, ㄇㄛˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mo¹, mo⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: mó
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ
  - Wade–Giles: mo²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Pinyin: mǒ
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˇ
  - Wade–Giles: mo³
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: moo
  - IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ²¹⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: mo¹, mo⁵
  - Yale: mō, móh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mo¹, mo⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: mo¹, mo⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /mɔː⁵⁵/, /mɔː¹³/

Middle Chinese: /muɑ^X/▼

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	/muɑ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/muɑ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/muɑ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/mwa^X/
Li Rong	/muɑ^X/
Wang Li	/muɑ^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/muɑ^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǒ

Old Chinese▼
(Zhengzhang): /*maːlʔ/

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

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

Compounds

Derived terms from 麼

么麼／么么
么麼小丑／么么小丑
也麼哥／也么哥
作麼生／作么生

篤麼／笃么
麼些族／么些族
麼娘／么娘
麼子／么子

麼子事／么子事
麼波／么波
麼那／么那
麼陋／么陋

Japanese

Kanji

麼

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

On (unclassified): ま (ma), ば (ba)

Kun: こまかい (komakai), かすか (kasuka)

Korean

Hanja

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

small
thin

Vietnamese

Han character

麼 (ma)

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