幺

幺 is a Japanese kanji, listed here under the keyword “cocoon”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. It appears as a component in 13 other characters in this index.

Keyword: cocoon
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ヨウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): ちいさい
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: tiny, short thread, крошечный, poop
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi: 幺 one

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 幺

糸 thread
幼 infancy
後 behind
幽 faint
幾 how many
畿 capital suburbs
玄 mysterious
郷 hometown
幻 phantasm
牽 tug
聯 strung together
胤 blood relative
兹 double-mysterious

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