Memory phrase for the character: 微

微

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Meaning

tiny, miniature, profound, micro-

Pronunciation

wēi

Explanation

 Left: go 彳, center: mountain 山, table 几, right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic
 
Go to the mountain to the one 一 table and smash it into tiny pieces.

Radicals

彳 stepA simplified variant of “to go 行” with the same meaning.
山 mountain
几 small tableA similar radical is ordinary: 凡, which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. Also this radical is understood as a table.
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳




 Vocabulary

微笑 wēi xiào  smile; to smile
涟漪微漾 lián yī wēi yàng  ripples; riffles
体恤入微 tǐ xù rù wēi  to emphasize down to last detail (idiom); to show every possible consideration; meticulous care
稍微 shāo wēi  a little bit
显微镜 xiǎn wēi jìng  microscope
微微 wēi wēi  slight; faint; humble
微微 wēi wēi  slight; faint; humble
微小 wēi xiǎo  minute (i.e. extremely small); infinitesimal
微粒 wēi lì  speck; particle
微米 wēi mǐ  micron (one thousandth of a millimeter or 10^-6 meter)
白壁微瑕 bái bì wēi xiá  a slight blemish
白壁微瑕 bái bì wēi xiá  

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