微
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Translingual
Japanese | 微 |
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Simplified | 微 |
Traditional | 微 |
Alternative forms
Note that the middle component is written as 𡵂 (⿳山一几) in simplified Chinese and Korean. In Japanese, the middle component is written as 𡵉 (⿱山兀). In traditional Chinese, the middle component is written (⿳山一儿), as found in the Kangxi dictionary.
Han character
微 (radical 60, 彳+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹人山弓大 (HOUNK) or 竹人山山大 (HOUUK), four-corner 28240, composition ⿰彳𢼸(GK) or ⿰彳𣁋(TJV))
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
Chinese
simp. and trad. |
微 |
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Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (微) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
矀 | *mrɯl, *mɯl |
覹 | *mrɯl |
黴 | *mrɯl, *mɯːls |
薇 | *mrɯl, *mɯl |
媺 | *mrɯlʔ |
微 | *mɯl |
溦 | *mɯl |
癓 | *mɯl |
徽 | *hmɯl |
幑 | *hmɯl |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *mɯl) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 𢼸.
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
微
- tiny; small; trifling
- to decline; to deteriorate
- humble; low-ranking
- slight; gentle
- slightly; gently
- (literary) to not have
- 微管仲,吾其被髮左衽矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Analects of Confucius, circa 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wēi guǎnzhòng, wú qí bèifà zuǒrèn yǐ. [Pinyin]
- Without Guan Zhong, we should now be wearing our hair unbound, and the lappets of our coats buttoning on the left side.
微管仲,吾其被发左衽矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- micro- (SI unit prefix)
- (~母) (phonology) a Middle Chinese initial and the 'Phags-pa script letter ꡓ (w-)
Compounds
Derived terms from 微
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Pronunciation 2
Compounds
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Japanese
Etymology 1
Etymology 2
Korean
Hanja
微 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
- 작을미 - small, few, little, hidden
Vietnamese
Han character
微 (vi)
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