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幺 means one, as used on a dice or in a card game.
Thus, in that context, it means Ace.
幺 can also be the surname “Yao” in both Chinese and Japanese.
Note: Rarely if ever used in Korean.
幺 can sometimes be written these ways:
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ace | 艾斯 | ài sī / ai4 si1 / ai si / aisi | ai ssu / aissu | |
Ace | エース | eesu / esu | ||
Flying Ace Aviator Bird Man | 鳥人 | chou jin / choujin / cho jin | ||
Ace One | 幺 | yao | yāo / yao1 / yao | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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