么

麼
ma
#63 most
frequent character
interrogative final particle

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

么 is a variant of 幺 and first meant 'a little silk'. Read me, má, or ma, it works as a particle; those uses were borrowed for their sound. Read yāo, it keeps the old silk meaning.

么 as a component in other characters

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