Chinese symbol for “youngest”
幺
yāo
Traditional: 么
youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for youngest is 幺 (yāo), defined as: youngest; most junior; tiny; one (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers, esp. on telephone or in military); one or ace on dice or dominoes; variant of 吆 (yāo), to shout.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “youngest”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屘 | mǎn | the youngest |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 幺.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老幺 (老么) | lǎo yāo | (coll.) youngest child |
| 幺并矢 (么並矢) | yāo bìng shǐ | idemfactor (math.) |
| 幺二 (么二) | yāo èr | one-two or ace-deuce (smallest throw at dice); a prostitute |
| 幺儿 (么兒) | yāo ér | (coll.) youngest son |
| 幺女 (么女) | yāo nǚ | (coll.) youngest daughter |
| 幺鸡 (么雞) | yāo jī | (mahjong) bird tile; one bam |
See also: Japanese symbol for “youngest”.
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.