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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)

微贱
wēijiàn
humble
毫微
háowēi
(prefix) nano-
微臣
wēichén
this small official
微调
wēitiáo
fine tuning
微辣
wēilà
mildly spicy
忽微
hūwēi
minuscule quantity
微火
wēihuǒ
a low fire (for roasting)
微缩
wēisuō
compact
微茫
wēimáng
hazy
微观
wēiguān
micro-
HSK 6
微管
wēiguǎn
tubule
微软
Wēiruǎn
Microsoft corporation
微量
wēiliàng
a smidgen
微风
wēifēng
breeze
幽微
yōuwēi
faint
卑微
bēiwēi
petty and low
式微
shìwēi
(literary) to decline
微漠
wēimò
faint (almost inaudible or invisible)
可微
kěwēi
differentiable (math.)
微秒
wēimiǎo
microsecond, µs, 10^-6 s

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