Radical 52

幺(乡)
51 ⼲ ◄	52	► ⼴ 53
Pinyin :	yāo (= young, small)
Zhuyin :	一 ㄠ
Hiragana :	い と が し ら itogashira
Kanji :	糸 頭 itogashira
Hangul :	작을
Sinocorean :	요
Codepoint :	U + 5E7A 46E1
Stroke sequence :

The radical 52 with the meaning "young, small" is one of 31 traditional radicals in Chinese writing , which consist of three strokes.

With 7 combinations of characters in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is very rare in the lexicon. The sign is similar to the zhuyin sign ㄠ  [ɑo̯].

The seal character of this radical shows a twisted short thread (in the form of the Arabic numeral 8). Today's Chinese word 幼儿 (= small child) is made up of 幺 (= small) and 力 (= strength).

幽 (= hidden) consists of twice 幺 (= small) and 山 (= mountain). In bronze script, 幺 also meant black. This sense has been preserved to this day in 玄 (= black) ( radical 95 ).

In 吆 (= to call out loud), 幺 takes the place of a sound carrier. In 幻 (= deceptive), 幺 has no meaning at all.

To 幺 there are the slightly different spelling 乡 .

Character combinations governed by radical 52

Strokes	character
+ 00	幺
+ 01	幻
+ 02	幼
+ 06	幽
+ 09	幾

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 52 is coded under the code point number 12.083 (U + 2F33).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 229 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 52  - Graphic representations of Radikal 52

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 52 on page 46