微

See also 徵, and 徴

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 彳 + phonetic 𢼸

Graphically 彳 + 山 + 兀 + 攵.

Han character

微 (radical 60 彳+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山弓大 (HOUNK), 竹人山山大 (HOUUK), four-corner 2824₀, composition ⿲彳⿳山一儿攵)

1. small, trifling
2. the number 10^-6; the SI unit prefix micro-

Derived characters

• 䉠, 黴, 徽, 徵, 鰴, 幑, 覹, 溦

Related characters

• 徵 (徴) 徹

References

• KangXi: page 370, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10203
• Dae Jaweon: page 696, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 837, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5FAE

See also

• Chinese Numeral 微
  • Next: 纖
  • Last: 忽

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Cantonese

Hanzi

微 (jyutping mei4, Yale mei4)

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Japanese

Kanji

微 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: び (bi)
• Kun: かすか (kasuka), ない (nai)

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Korean

Hanja

微 (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

微 (pinyin wēi (wei1), Wade-Giles wei¹)

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Vietnamese

Han character

微 (vi)