么 (me): meaning and stroke order
么 (me) means suffix, used to form interrogative 什么, what?, indefinite 这么 thus, etc, variant of 么.
么
- Simplified
- 么
- Traditional
- 麼, 麽
- Pinyin
- me · má · ma
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Stroke order of 么
么
- Yāo surname Yao
- yāo youngest; most junior
- má exclamatory final particle
- 3 strokes
- Simplified form: 幺
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Meaning of 么
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me
Traditional 麼
- suffix, used to form interrogative 什麼|什么[shen2 me5], what?, indefinite 這麼|这么[zhe4 me5] thus, etc
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me
Traditional 麽
- variant of 麼|么[me5]
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má
Traditional 麼
- exclamatory final particle
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ma
Traditional 麼
- interrogative final particle
Radical and structure
- 么
- Radical 丿 (Kangxi radical 4) · 3 strokes
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 么
- 什么 shén me what?; something; anything
- 多么 duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc)
- 那么 nà me like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...
- 这么 zhè me so much; this much
- 怎么 zěn me how?; what?
- 干什么 gàn shén me what are you doing?; what's he up to?
- 为什么 wèi shén me why?; for what reason?
- 怎么样 zěn me yàng how?; how about?
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).