# 幼

| 幼 | U+5E7C, &#24188; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E7C |
| ← 幻 [U+5E7B] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 幽 → [U+5E7D] |
| ㉅ | U+3245, &#12869; CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH KINDERGARTEN |
| ← ㉄ [U+3244] | Enclosed CJK Letters and Months | ㉆ → [U+3246] |

## Translingual
### Han character

幼 (Kangxi radical 52, 幺+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 女戈大尸 (VIKS), four-corner 2472$_7$, composition ⿰幺力)

#### Derived characters

* 坳, 岰, 𰎓, 𫳀, 𢂊, 𢩃, 𣅺, 㶭, 𤤬, 狕, 𤱎, 眑, 𥑑, 𥬓, 苭, 軪, 靿, 䬀, 𩢒, 黝, 呦
* 𭄹

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 342, character 2
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9193
* Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1093, character 7
* Unihan data for U+5E7C

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 幼 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 黝 | *qliw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 坳 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 軪 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 眑 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 拗 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 鴢 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ |
| 靿 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 狕 | *qrɯːwʔ |
| 袎 | *qrɯːws |
| 怮 | *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 窈 | *qiːwʔ |
| 苭 | *qɯːwʔ |
| 泑 | *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 呦 | *qrɯw |
| 蚴 | *qrɯwʔ |
| 幼 | *qrɯws |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 幺 (“tiny”) + 力 (“strength”). 幺 (OC *qiːw) may also act as a phonetic component.

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yòu (you$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): yu
    (Meixian, Guangdong): yiu$^4$
* Eastern Min (BUC): iú
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): iù
    (Teochew, Peng'im): iun$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$ieu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yòu
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^4$
*** Yale: yòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^3$
*** Yale: yau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯³³/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
*** Hakka Romanization System: iu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: yiu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /iu⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iú
*** Sinological IPA : /iɛu²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù
*** Tâi-lô: iù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iux
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /iu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu¹¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Singapore): /iu²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: iun$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iùⁿ
*** Sinological IPA : /ĩũ²¹³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$ieu
*** MiniDict: ieu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$ieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /iɤ³⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'jiwH
Rime :
| Character | 幼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 幽 (138) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 伊謬切 |
| Baxter | 'jiwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔiɪu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔɨu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔieu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔjiw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiĕu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /iəu$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔieu$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ](r)iw-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qrɯws/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 幼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yòu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjiw$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ʔ](r)iw-s/ |
| English | young |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 幼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15646 |
| Phonetic component | 幼 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 幼 |
| Old Chinese | /*qrɯws/ |

#### Definitions

幼
* (literary, or in compounds) infant; young child
* (literary, or in compounds) young
* (literary, or in compounds) immature
* (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to love; to take care of (the young)
       From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
       Lǎo wú lǎo, yǐjí rén zhī lǎo; yòu wú yòu, yǐjí rén zhī yòu. [Pinyin]
       Treat with the kindness due to youth the young in your own family, so that the young in the families of others shall be similarly treated. (Alternatively: “Respect the elderly in your own family as well as you respect the elderly in other families. Care for your own children as well as you care for others’ children.”)
* (Cantonese, Southern Min, Eastern Min) thin; fine (not coarse)
       só̤h-miêng bĕk muōng-éu muōng-hō̤. / [soʔ²⁴⁻⁵³ miɛŋ²⁴² pɛiʔ⁵ muoŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ $^{(Ø-)}$ŋiɛu²¹³ muoŋ³³⁻³⁵ $^{(h-)}$ŋo³³] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
       The thinner the misua is pulled, the better.
* (Southern Min, Eastern Min, of food) tender; soft
* a surname

##### Synonyms

* (infant):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 子, 孩, 童, 孺子, 幼 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 兒童, 小孩, 孩子, 小孩子, 小朋友, 小童, 孩童, 幼兒, 孩提 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小孩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小孩, 小孩子, 小朋友 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 小孩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 小孩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 小孩兒, 小孩伢子, 小尕兒, 小尕子, 毛孩子, 小孩崽子, 孩崽子, 小屄崽子, 小豆包兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 小孩子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小孩子, 小朋友 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 小孩兒, 小巴拉子, 小嘎巴豆子 humorous, 小毛孩子, 小毛孩兒, 小屁孩兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 小孩兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 小孩子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 小孩兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 小孩兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 小孩兒, 孩子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 小孩兒, 小孩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 小孩兒, 孩子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 小孩兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 小娃, 猴娃子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Kaifeng | 小孩兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 娃, 碎娃, 碎娃兒, 碎子兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 娃娃家, 尕扎兒, 尕娃, 尕脬蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小孩兒, 小孩子, 孩子, 孩子蛋, 坷垃頭兒, 坷垃頭子, 小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 娃娃, 娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 娃娃 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 娃娃, 尕的個, 狗娃, 尕, 壞子兒, 子子子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 娃娃, 尕娃娃, 巴郎子, 子子子, 尕子兒, 尕子子子, 泡克子兒, 尕蹦豆兒, 尕㞞, 熱子兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 娃兒, 小娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃娃, 娃子, 小人, 崽崽, 崽兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 小伢, 伢, 小把戲, 小蘿蔔坨, 蘿蔔坨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 娃娃, 娃兒, 小崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 娃娃, 小娃娃, 小鬼, 小鬼娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 把爺, 小把爺, 把爺崽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 娃崽, 小娃崽 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃兒, 小孩兒, 孩子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 霞子, 小霞子, 小鬼豆子, 小把戲 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 伢兒, 小人兒, 小把戲, 小伢兒, 小兵瘌子, 小八瘌子, 小蘿蔔頭兒, 細伢兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 小霞子, 伢子, 小伢子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 細伢兒 |
| Mandarin | Nanping (Yanping) | 阿崽哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 細路, 細路仔, 細佬仔, 細佬哥, 細路哥, 細蚊仔, 豆釘, 塞竇窿 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 細路, 細路仔, 細佬哥, 細路哥, 細蚊仔, 豆釘, 塞竇窿, 小朋友 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 細蚊仔, 細佬仔, 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 細蚊仔, 細佬仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 細蚊仔, 細路仔, 人仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 細蚊仔, 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 嫩蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 細路哥 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 細路哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 細民仔, 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 細民仔 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 細蚊仔, 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 心滿仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 細蚊仔, 細路哥, 細路 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 細佬哥, 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 細佬哥, 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 細蚊仔, 正蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 細子兒 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 細佬哥, 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 細蚊仔, 細路哥 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 細佬仔 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 兒仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 細蚊仔, 細仔 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 儂, 細儂 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 細蚊仔, 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 細鬼, 細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 細路仔, 細佬哥, 蘇蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 儂兒, 𱒃儂 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 儂伢 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 細路哥 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 儂伢兒 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 細蚊仔, 細佬仔 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 細儂 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 細路, 細路仔 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 細路, 細路仔, 細佬哥 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 細蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 細佬哥 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 細人子, 細伢子, 小朋友, 小把戲, 鬼鬼子, 小鬼, 細鬼, 孩兒 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 伢崽兒 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 伢妹仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 細人仔, 細𧊅仔, 細鬼仔, 細佬哥, 細仔 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 細仔子, 阿僬哩, 阿僬伯 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 細佬哥, 細仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 細仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 細仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 細仔 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 阿僬仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 阿僬仔 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 僬仔 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 細蚊仔哎 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老弟仔, 老妹仔 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 阿僬仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 僬仔 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 僬仔 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 細仔哩, 阿僬哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 細人哩, 細仔哩, 細哩, 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 細仔哩, 阿僬哩 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 阿僬哩 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 細蚊仔, 鬼仔 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 阿僬仔, 細佬仔 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 細蚊仔 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 細人子, 細蚊子 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 細仔 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 細佬仔 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 細子 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 細仔 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 細人 |
| Hakka | Changting | 細人哩 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 細人子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 細人子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 細人子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 大細子, 子女, 子女哩 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 細人子, 小鬼 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 細人子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 大細子 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 細伢子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細人仔, 細孲仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細人仔, 細孲仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細人仔, 細孲仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細人, 細孲 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細人仔, 細子人, 細孲仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 細子, 細子人 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 僬仔, 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 大細兒 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 大細兒 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 細蚊仔, 細佬哥 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 阿僬仔, 細蚊仔 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 細人 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 細貨, 細人 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細人家, 細鬼, 妹, 細家伙 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 小人家 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 囝, 囝仂家, 細兒囝, 細囝 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 囝仂家 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 囝兒 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 小囝, 囝 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 細人家, 細人 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 嫩人家 |
| Huizhou | Jingde | 小免伲 |
| Huizhou | Shitai (Xianyu) | 點點們兒 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 娃娃, 小娃娃, 小鬼 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 娃娃 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 娃娃 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 小孩兒 |
| Jin | Handan | 小孩兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 囝仔, 囝仔人 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 囝仔 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 囝仔, 囝仔人 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 囝仔 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 囝仔 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 囝仔 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 囝仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兒囝, 兒囝哥, 孩兒 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 兒囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 兒囝, 兒囝哥, 兒囝鬼 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 兒囝 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 傀儡囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 傀儡 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 傀儡 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 傀儡 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 傀儡, 傀儡囝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 傀儡, 傀儡囝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 兒囝, 兒囝哥 |
| Eastern Min | Sitiawan (Gutian) | 傀儡囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 囡仔兄, 囡仔疕, 囡仔栽, 小髫 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 囡仔栽, 小髫 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Hui'an | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 囡囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 細漢的, 囡仔嬰, 囡仔囝, 囡仔疕, 囡仔栽, 囡仔包, 囡仔鬼, 小髫 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 囡仔, 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangpu | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 小囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 囡仔, 細囝仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taipei (Wanhua) | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝, 囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 囡仔, 囡仔疕, 囡仔嬰, 囡仔儂, 無拉, 細囝, 小髫 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 嬰仔儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 嬰儂 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 嬰仔儂, 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 囡仔 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 孥囝, 細囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 孥囝, 細孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 孥囝, 孥囝鬼 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 郎仔, 郎仔儂 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Chiang Mai (Teochew) | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Hat Yai (Teochew) | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Teochew) | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 儂囝 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 孧囝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 細囝, 孧囝 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 孧囝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 孧囝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 呆囝, 阿毜, 阿毜師 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 家矮, 家矮儂 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 呆囝, 阿毜師 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 呆囝, 阿毜, 阿毜師 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 囝矮, 阿咪師 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 囝矮, 阿咪師 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 呆囝 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 囝仔倽 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Sanyuan) | 囝仔倽, 囝仔 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 囝仔倽 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 細蚊囝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 細佬哥 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 細蚊崽, 細鬼崽, 鬼崽 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 生仔 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 細仔 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 細仔 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 細仔哥 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 細仔 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 細仔 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 細仔 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 細人仔 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 伢子子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小人, 小囡, 囡, 小八臘子, 小把戲, 小赤佬, 小鬼頭, 小鬼, 小棺材, 小鬼三 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 小囡, 小把戲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 小囡 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 小囡 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 小囡, 小囡兒 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小囡, 小囡頭子, 小官, 小官頭子 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小人, 小干, 小干兒, 小囡, 小赤佬, 小鬼 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 小百戲 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 小百戲 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 佬小, 小佬小, 細佬小, 小倌 |
| Wu | Changshu | 小干, 小鬼, 小活生 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 小干, 小鬼 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 小人, 小鬼頭 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 小佬 |
| Wu | Liyang | 細佬家 |
| Wu | Yixing | 小佬, 細俵則, 細賊 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小兒, 小把戲, 小鬼頭子 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 小鬼 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 小想, 小鬼 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 小人, 小干, 小伢兒 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 小把戲, 囡囡 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小伢兒, 小鬼頭兒 |
| Wu | Hangzhou (Yuhang) | 小人 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 小人, 小鬼 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 小人 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 小人, 小活猻, 小鬼頭 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 小人, 小活猻 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 小人, 小小人, 小朋友, 小鬼, 小巴癩子, 小巴癩施, 小赤佬, 小癟三 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 小人, 小囡 |
| Wu | Zhoushan | 小人 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 小猢猻, 小鬼 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 細兒, 瑣細兒, 瑣個兒, 小溜溜, 娒娒, 娒, 阿娒, 蟹飯, 小細兒 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 小鬼, 小伢兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 小個, 小人, 小干, 小個人, 小碗 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 小儂兒 |
| Wu | Yiwu | 小干 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 小人 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 細伢子, 細人子, 伢妹子, 伢細子, 雞屎粒子 derogatory |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 細人唧 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 細人唧, 細個唧, 細把戲唧 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 細人唧 |
* (young):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 少 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 年輕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 年輕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 年輕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 年輕 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 年輕 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 年輕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 年輕 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 年輕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 年輕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 年輕 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 後生 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 年輕 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 年輕 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 後生, 年紀嫩, 年青 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 後生, 年青, 年輕 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 年嫩 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 嫩 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 後生 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 後生 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 年輕, 後生 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 年輕, 後生 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 後生 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 後生 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 後生 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Changting | 後生 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 後生 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 後生 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 後生 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 後生 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 後生 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 少年 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 後生 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 後生 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 後生 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 後生 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 年輕 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 後生 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 後生 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 後生 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 後生 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 後生 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 後生, 年輕 |
| Eastern Min | Singapore (Fuqing) | 年輕 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 少年 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 少年 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 少年 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 少年 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 少年 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 少年 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 少年, 細漢 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 少年 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 少年, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 少年, 少歲, 後生 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 少年, 後生仔 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 後生 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 幼, 年青 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 幼 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 後生 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 後生 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 後生 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 後生 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 後生 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 後生 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 後生 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 後生 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 年輕, 後生 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 年紀輕 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 後生 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 後生, 年紀輕 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 後生 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 冒年紀, 年輕 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 冒年紀 |
* (thin):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 細 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 細 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 細 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 細 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 細 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 細 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 細 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 細 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 細 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 細 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 細 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 幼 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 幼 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 細, 嫩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 幼 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 細 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 幼, 細 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 細 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 細 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 杪, 幼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 幼, 細 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 幼 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 細 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 細 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 細 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 細 |
* (tender):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嫩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嫩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嫩 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 嫩 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 嫩 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 嫩 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嫩 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 嫩 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 嫩 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 嫩 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 嫩 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 嫩 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 嫩 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嫩 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 幼 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 幼 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 嫩 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 嫩 |

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “young”): 老 (lǎo)

#### Compounds

* 低幼兒童 / 低幼儿童
* 低幼讀物 / 低幼读物
* 出幼
* 婦幼 / 妇幼 (fùyòu)
* 嬰幼兒 / 婴幼儿 (yīngyòu'ér)
* 年幼 (niányòu)
* 年幼無知 / 年幼无知
* 幼主 (yòuzhǔ)
* 幼兒 / 幼儿 (yòu'ér)
* 幼兒教育 / 幼儿教育 (yòu'ér jiàoyù)
* 幼功
* 幼子 (yòuzǐ)
* 幼孤 (yòugū)
* 幼學 / 幼学
* 幼學壯行 / 幼学壮行
* 幼學瓊林 / 幼学琼林
* 幼小 (yòuxiǎo)
* 幼崽 (yòuzǎi)
* 幼年 (yòunián)
* 幼弱 (yòuruò)
* 幼托 (yòutuō)
* 幼教 (yòujiào)
* 幼林
* 幼株
* 幼稚 (yòuzhì)
* 幼稚園 / 幼稚园 (yòuzhìyuán)
* 幼稚園病 / 幼稚园病
* 幼稚教育
* 幼稚病 (yòuzhìbìng)
* 幼穉
* 幼童 (yòutóng)
* 幼童軍 / 幼童军
* 幼艾
* 幼芽 (yòuyá)
* 幼苗 (yòumiáo)
* 幼蟲 / 幼虫 (yòuchóng)
* 幼風 / 幼风
* 幼體 / 幼体 (yòutǐ)
* 幼齒 / 幼齿 (yòuchǐ)
* 慈幼
* 托幼 (tuōyòu)
* 扶幼週 / 扶幼周
* 扶老攜幼 / 扶老携幼 (fúlǎoxiéyòu)
* 攜幼扶老 / 携幼扶老
* 攜老扶幼 / 携老扶幼 (xiélǎofúyòu)
* 攜老挈幼 / 携老挈幼
* 敬老慈幼
* 母老子幼
* 男女老幼 (nánnǚlǎoyòu)
* 老幼 (lǎoyòu)
* 老幼咸宜
* 育幼院 (yùyòuyuàn)
* 自幼 (zìyòu)
* 荒幼
* 負老提幼 / 负老提幼
* 負老攜幼 / 负老携幼
* 長幼 / 长幼 (zhǎngyòu)
* 長幼尊卑 / 长幼尊卑 (zhǎngyòuzūnbēi)
* 長幼有序 / 长幼有序

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yào (yao$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄠˋ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yào
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yào
*** Wade–Giles: yao$^4$
*** Yale: yàu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yaw
*** Palladius: яо (jao)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɑʊ̯⁵¹/

#### Definitions

幼
* Used in 幼眇 and 幼妙.

### References

* “幼”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 冯爱珍 [Feng, Aizhen], editor (1998), “幼”, in 福州方言词典 [Dictionary of the Fuzhou Dialect] (in Chinese), Nanjing: 江苏教育出版社 (Jiangsu Educational Press), →ISBN, page 203.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* childish, immature, young
* infant, young child

#### Readings

* Go-on: ゆう (yū)
* Kan-on: ゆう (yū)
* Kan’yō-on: よう (yō, Jōyō)
* Kun: おさない (osanai, 幼い, Jōyō)、いとけない (itokenai, 幼けない)、おさなびる (osanabiru, 幼びる)
* Nanori: わか (waka)

#### Compounds

* 幼(よう)芽(が) (yōga, “plumule”)
* 幼(よう)孩(がい) (yōgai)
* 幼(よう)学(がく) (yōgaku)
* 幼(よう)魚(ぎょ) (yōgyo, “young fish”)
* 幼(よう)君(くん) (yōkun, “young master”)
* 幼(よう)形(けい) (yōkei, “neoteny”)
* 幼(よう)孤(こ) (yōko, “young orphan”)
* 幼(よう)根(こん) (yōkon, “(botany) radicle”)
* 幼(よう)児(じ) (yōji, “infant, toddler”)
* 幼(よう)時(じ) (yōji, “childhood, infancy”)
* 幼(よう)歯(し) (yōshi, “baby tooth”)
* 幼(よう)者(しゃ) (yōsha, “young child, infant”)
* 幼(よう)弱(じゃく) (yōjaku, “young and weak”)
* 幼(よう)若(じゃく) (yōjaku, “juvenile”)
* 幼(よう)主(しゅ) (yōshu, “young monarch”)
* 幼(よう)獣(じゅう) (yōjū, “young animal”)
* 幼(よう)女(じょ) (yōjo, “young girl”)
* 幼(よう)少(しょう) (yōshō, “very young, infancy”)
* 幼(よう)生(せい) (yōsei, “larva”)
* 幼(よう)稚(ち) (yōchi, “childish; infantile”)
* 幼(よう)冲(ちゅう) (yōchū), 幼(よう)沖(ちゅう) (yōchū)
* 幼(よう)虫(ちゅう) (yōchū, “larva”)
* 幼(よう)鳥(ちょう) (yōchō, “chick”)
* 幼(よう)帝(てい) (yōtei, “young emperor”)
* 幼(よう)童(どう) (yōdō, “young child”)
* 幼(よう)年(ねん) (yōnen, “childhood”)
* 幼(よう)保(ほ) (yōho)
* 幼(よう)木(ぼく) (yōboku)
* 幼(よう)齢(れい)林(りん) (yōreirin)
* 幼(よう)名(みょう) (yōmyō, “childhood name”), 幼(よう)名(めい) (yōmei)
* 長(ちょう)幼(よう) (chōyō, “the young and the old”)
* 童(どう)幼(よう) (dōyō)
* 老(ろう)幼(よう) (rōyō, “the young and the old”)
* 幼(いた)気(いけ) (itaike, “young and sweet”)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 幼
* よう Grade: 6
* on'yomi
*/jiɪu/ → /jieu/ → /jeu/ → /joː/
From Middle Chinese 幼 (MC 'jiwH).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) よー [yóꜜò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [jo̞ː]

#### Noun

幼(よう) • (yō)
* childhood, infancy
* a young child

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 幼
* おさな Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
/wosana/ → /osana/
Stem of classical adjective 幼し (osanashi), modern 幼い (osanai, “childish, infantile”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [o̞sa̠na̠]

#### Noun

幼(おさな) • (osana)
* Synonym of 幼子 (osanago): an infant, young child

##### Derived terms

* 幼(おさな)びる (osanabiru)
* 幼(おさな)らしい (osanarashii)
* 幼(おさな)生(お)い (osana oi)
* 幼(おさな)顔(がお) (osanagao)
* 幼(おさな)子(ご), 幼(おさな)児(ご) (osanago)
* 幼(おさな)心(ごこ)地(ち) (osana-gokochi)
* 幼(おさな)心(ごころ) (osana-gokoro)
* 幼(おさな)立(だ)ち (osanadachi)
* 幼(おさな)妻(づま) (osanazuma)
* 幼(おさな)友(とも)達(だち) (osana tomodachi)
* 幼(おさな)名(な) (osanana)
* 幼(おさな)物(もの)語(がたり) (osana monogatari)
* 幼(おさな)等(ら) (osanara)
* 幼(おさな)なじみ (osananajimi)

### Etymology 3

* Kanji in this term
* 幼
* いと Grade: 6
* kun'yomi
* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “from 糸 (ito, “thread”)?”

#### Noun

幼(いと) • (ito)
* (archaic) a young child, infant, toddler
    Synonym: 幼児 (yōji)

##### Derived terms

* 幼(いと)様(さま) (itosama), 幼(いと)様(さん) (itosan)

#### Prefix

幼(いと) • (ito)
* prefixed to a noun: childish, immature, infantile

##### Derived terms

* 幼(いと)宮(みや) (itomiya)

### References

* 1 2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

## Korean
### Etymology

From Middle Chinese 幼 (MC 'jiwH).
Recorded as Middle Korean ᅙᅲᇢ〮 (Yale: qyuw) in Dongguk Jeongun (東國正韻 / 동국정운), 1448.
Recorded as Middle Korean 유〯 (ywǔ) (Yale: yu) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

### Hanja

Wikisource 幼 (eumhun 어릴 유 (eoril yu))
* hanja form of 유 (“childish; immature”)
* hanja form of 유 (“infant; young child”)

#### Compounds

* 유년 (幼年, yunyeon)
* 유아 (幼兒, yua)
* 유주 (幼主, yuju)
* 유충 (幼蟲, yuchung)
* 유치 (幼稚, yuchi)
* 유치원 (幼稚園, yuchiwon)

### References

* 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

## Vietnamese
### Han character

幼: Hán Nôm readings: ấu, âu
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