The Japanese Radical: 幺


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Meaning
Variation of thread    幺

Explanation A fragment of this thread 糸

Used in these characters:
幼
JLPT 2Joyo 6
 childish, infancy
osanai, YŌ
 幺 力
Left: part of thread 糸 (therefore: torn thread), right: strength 力 (hand/arm ナ with biceps ノ)
To tear/break a thread with force is childish.  
幾
JLPT 2Joyo 7
 several, how many, some
iku, KI
 幾 幺 戈
Top: twice a variation of thread 幺/糸, below: person 人, halberd 戈
Two threads were cut by a person with a halberd into several.  
幻
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 illusion, phantasm, apparition, magic, phantom
maboroshi, GEN
 幺
Left: var. of thread 糸, right: hook J
Wanting to use a thread as a hook is an illusion. (.. because a real hook 釣 is made of metal.)  
幽
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 seclude, hermitical, dark, obscure, faint
kasuka, YŪ
 山 幺
Outside: mountain 山 (here: two containers 凵 next to each.), inside: threads 糸
Threads in (separated) containers are secluded.  

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