Zi:么
么 [me] (F麼) 那么 like/so; (int. suf.) 什么 what? [má] 麽/麼/吗 [yāo] (S幺) small; (HDZ:) … [mó] 麽 [ma] 吗
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The character 么 is an old common variant form of older 幺 yāo ‘small’ (cf. 幺); as a component 么 is the bottom part of the simple-form character 麽 mó (cf. 麽).
Note: In simple-form texts 么 -me (int. suf.) replaces the full-form character 麼 -me (as in 那么, 什么).
Note: In full-form texts 么 yāo replaces the older form 幺 yāo (though 幺 is still used in simple-form and trad. texts, and as a component).
Note: The simple form 麽(⿸麻么) mó ‘small’ is a later/slight modification of the older/full form 麼(⿸麻幺) mó ‘small’; cf. 麽.
Note: There are four related forms in the two old simple/full encodings, three of which are simple-form characters: 么 (GB/Big5); 幺 (GB); 麽 (GB); 麼 (Big5).
Compare: Full form 那麼 → Simple form 那么 nàme ‘like/so’; Full form 什麼 → Simple form 什么 shénme ‘what?’.
Compare: Full form 么麼 → Simple form 幺麽 yāomó ‘petty/insignificant’ (not *幺么, nor *么么); this usage is only (书) literary (GFC).
Compare: Formerly 幺 yāo → Full/Simple 么 yāo.
Note: 幺 is a trad. form (not encoded in Big5, though 幺 is the component in the Big5 form 麼); the full-form character 麼 (mó/me/ma) was later wr. 麽 (me/ma) in an attempt to distinguish those readings, but the two characters 麼/麽 were subsequently used interchangeably, and 麽 became the simple form for the reading 麽 mó; the simple-form character 么 arose by back-formation (from 麽), replacing the older form 幺 in both full and simple texts, though 幺 (the trad. form) is still the component form seen in numerous compound characters.
HDZ: 么 : yāo : 幺 (俗字) • mó (又读 ma/me) : (简体) 麽 • ma : 吗
►references: Wieger:90a; Karlgren:AD593; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.33.2; Mathews:7282; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:82.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:003.1.02; EDOC:1
►components: 丿厶
►Cantonese: mo\
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