infancy, childhood
幼 centers on the early stage of life: infancy and childhood, when a person is still small and developing.
幼 combines 幺 (small, thread-like) and 力 (strength), suggesting the small strength of a young child.
The left side 幺 looks like a tiny thread, and the right side 力 means strength. Picture a child with thread-thin strength: that's infancy.
For ヨウ, imagine a young child saying 'yo!' as a first word: yo -> ヨウ, capturing the early childhood stage.
kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school); preschool
very young; little
young child; toddler
little girl
infancy; childhood; tender age
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
young child (esp. a young girl)
infancy; childhood; infant; child
larva; grub; maggot
infancy
babies and preschool children
childhood; infancy
infant; baby; little child
larva; larvae
fry (young fish)
immature form (of an organism); young animal
childhood name
young bird; juvenile; chick
childhood; infancy
World Association for Infant Mental Health; WAIMH