幺
ヨウ, ちいさい, いとがしら, ようへん

short thread radical (no. 52)

JLPT0 G13 S0 F5000

One-half of a depiction of slender, curved threads (compare 絲 as described in 糸) → *slender, curved thread*; *small* (and slender). Also, *young* and *childish/childlike* (← small being ← slender/small).

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