微 (wēi)
tiny / micro / slightly
How 微 is written
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 彳 — step
- Traditional
- 微
- Simplified
- 微 (unchanged)
Components
- 彳 step
- 山 mountain
- ⺙ knock
- 一 one
- 几 table
Common words using 微
- 卑微 bēiwēi
- petty and low
- 微博 wēibó
- micro-blogging; microblog
- 微博客 wēibókè
- micro-blogging; microblog
- 微笑 wēixiào
- smile; CL:個|个[ge4],絲|丝[si1]; to smile
- 微薄 wēibó
- scanty; meager
- 微風 wēifēng
- breeze; light wind
- 入微 rùwēi
- down to the smallest detail; thorough-going; fine and detailed
- 寒微 hánwēi
- of humble origin
- 式微 shìwēi
- (literary) to decline; to wane; title of a section in the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 Jing1]
- 微不足道 wēibùzúdào
- negligible; insignificant
- 微乎其微 wēihūqíwēi
- a tiny bit; very little; next to nothing (idiom)
- 微光 wēiguāng
- glimmer
微 in a sentence
她看到我，臉上露出了一個微笑。
Tā kàndào wǒ, liǎnshàng lùchūle yíge wēixiào.
“She saw me and showed a smile on her face.”
How common is 微?
微 is the 652nd most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 81.4% of all running text.
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