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Chinese symbol for “immature”

幼小
yòu xiǎo
young; immature

The closest CC-CEDICT match for immature is 幼小 (yòu xiǎo), defined as: young; immature.

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Characters and stroke order

幼 yòu
infant, young child; immature
radical 52 ⼳ · 5 strokes
小 xiǎo
small, tiny, insignificant
radical 42 ⼩ · 3 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 幼小.

WordPinyinMeaning
幼儿园 (幼兒園)yòu ér yuánkindergarten; nursery school
幼稚yòu zhìyoung; childish
幼儿 (幼兒)yòu éryoung child; infant
幼女yòu nǚyoung girl
幼童yòu tóngyoung child
年幼nián yòuyoung; underage
小时 (小時)xiǎo shíhour
小说 (小說)xiǎo shuōnovel; fiction

See also: Japanese symbol for “immature”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.