幺 Radical 52 — a tiny thread, a strand of silk; small, immature
yāo (first tone, high and level)
a tiny thread, a strand of silk; small, immature
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Where the shape comes from
A small loop of silk thread, the topmost coil of a skein — a reduced sketch of the same fibre pictured whole in 糸. Paired with 力, strength, it gives 幼, young, someone whose strength is still as slight as a single thread; doubled, the same loops crowd together in 兹, a thicket of growth, and in 幾, a guard straining to watch for the faintest, thread-thin sign of danger.
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