漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
微: delicate, minuteness
Also: insignificance
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
彳 carries the meaning · 山, 兀 and 攵 are drawn in
13 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Two readings, and the words that use each
ビbi · on'yomi · in compounds
- 微妙びみょうsubtle; delicate; fine
- 微小びしょうmicroscopic
- 微震びしんslight earthquake
- 微動びどうslight movement; slight tremor; quiver
- 微笑びしょうsmile
- 微細びさいminute; fine; detailed
- 微量びりょうminuscule amount; extremely small quantity
かすかkasuka · kun'yomi · on its own
- 微かかすかfaint; dim; weak
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Take the first step on your journey! These three quick strokes show the left side of a bustling street or a person taking a brisk step forward.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side微 delicate · 兀
vs徴 indications · 王In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · wēi
Same form: 微 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 微 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 微 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin wēi most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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