Character: 么 (me) suffix

么
Pinyin me
Meaning suffix, used for some interrogative and demonstrative pronouns
Radical 丿 繁體字 麼
n/a
Chinese character simplifiedcategory: simplified

Chinese character single structurestructure: single

3stroke count

HSK 1

Stroke order of the Chinese character 么 (me). There are 3 strokes, and the character is written from top to bottom

The form of 么 (me) is an artificial extraction of the traditional character. It was intended to mean “small,” but it later became a suffix for some interrogative and demonstrative pronouns.

Used as a morpheme/word

么 (me) is a suffix that cannot be used alone as a word.

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How to pronounce

This character sounds like ma, as in “machine.”

n/a Pinyin Yale IPA
Initial m- m [m]
Final -e e [ɤ]

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