WHOLE CHARACTER
么
(suffix) in 什么, 怎么, 多么; (particle) marks a half-statement with an implied reason
么 is the little ending in 什么 what and 怎么 how; older texts use it for 吗, and in dictionaries it can stand for 幺.
Taught as one complete written unit; the header says the formation was originally 形声, with no beginner split claimed.