幼 — Chinese character
幼
yòu
infant, young child; immature
- Pinyin
- yòu
- Radical
- 52 ⼳ (Short Thread)
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- 幺 力
- Formation
- ideographic — One with little 幺 strength 力; 幺 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 幼 as a kanji
Common words with 幼
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幼儿园 (幼兒園) | yòu ér yuán | kindergarten; nursery school |
| 幼稚 | yòu zhì | young; childish |
| 幼儿 (幼兒) | yòu ér | young child; infant |
| 幼女 | yòu nǚ | young girl |
| 幼童 | yòu tóng | young child |
| 年幼 | nián yòu | young; underage |
| 自幼 | zì yòu | since childhood; from a young age |
| 幼虫 (幼蟲) | yòu chóng | (entomology) larva |
| 幼年 | yòu nián | childhood; infancy |
| 婴幼儿 (嬰幼兒) | yīng yòu ér | baby |
| 幼时 (幼時) | yòu shí | childhood |
| 幼小 | yòu xiǎo | young; immature |
English words written with 幼
幼 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · Mencius 9 · Zhuangzi 2
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.