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微
Wēi
1. surname Wei
2. ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing
3. Taiwan pr. <Wéi>
Very Common • Top 3% ✏️ 13 strokes Noun

Character Breakdown (Single character)

微
wēi
small, tiny, trifling; micro-
HSK 4 13 丶

Compound Words (20)

入微
rùwēi
down to the smallest detail
卑微
bēiwēi
petty and low
可微
kěwēi
differentiable (math.)
寒微
hánwēi
of humble origin
幽微
yōuwēi
faint
几微
jīwēi
tiny
式微
shìwēi
(literary) to decline
微信
Wēixìn
Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent [[騰訊|腾讯<Téngxùn>]])
微光
wēiguāng
glimmer
微克
wēikè
microgram (ug)
微分
wēifēn
an infinitesimal
微升
wēishēng
microliter
微博
wēibó
micro-blogging
微商
wēishāng
quotient of infinitesimals (in calculus)
微囊
wēináng
microcapsule
微型
wēixíng
miniature
微尘
wēichén
dust
微妙
wēimiào
subtle
微安
wēiān
microampere (one millionth of amp)
微小
wēixiǎo
minute (i.e. extremely small)

Alternate Entries

微
wēi
tiny / miniature / profound / abtruse / to decline / one millionth part of / micro- / Taiwan pr. <wéi>

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
652
Word Frequency Rank
2,616 of 84,292

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