微
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Translingual[edit]
Han character[edit]
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)
Antonyms[edit]
Derived characters[edit]
Related characters[edit]
References[edit]
- 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
See also[edit]
Chinese[edit]
simp. and trad. |
微 |
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Glyph origin[edit]
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[edit]
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): mei4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mì
- Min Nan
- Wu (Wiktionary): mi (T3); vi (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ
- Wade-Giles: wei1
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
- Wade-Giles: wei2
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
- IPA (key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: mei4
- Yale: mèih
- Cantonese Pinyin: mei4
- IPA (key): /mei̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
- Hakka Romanization System: miˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: mi2
- IPA: /mi¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bî / bui
- Tâi-lô: bî / bui
- Phofsit Daibuun: bii, buy
- IPA (Taipei): /bi²⁴/, /bui⁴⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /bi¹³/, /bui⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: mui5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mûi
- IPA (key): /mui⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: mi (T3); vi (T3)
- IPA (key): /mi²³/, /v̻i²³/
- (Shanghainese)
Rime | |
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Character | 微 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
Final (韻) | 微 (21) |
Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
Openness (開合) | Closed |
Division (等) | III |
Fanqie | 無非切 |
Reconstructions | |
Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/mʉi/ |
Pan Wuyun |
/mʷɨi/ |
Shao Rongfen |
/miuəi/ |
Edwin Pulleyblank |
/muj/ |
Li Rong |
/miuəi/ |
Wang Li |
/mĭwəi/ |
Bernard Karlgren |
/mwe̯i/ |
Expected Mandarin Reflex |
wéi |
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
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Character | 微 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
wēi |
Middle Chinese |
‹ mjɨj › |
Old Chinese |
/*məj/ |
English | small |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; |
Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
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Character | 微 |
Reading # | 1/1 |
No. | 12801 |
Phonetic component |
微 |
Rime group |
微 |
Rime subdivision |
1 |
Corresponding MC rime |
微 |
Old Chinese |
/*mɯl/ |
Definitions[edit]
微
- (metric units) micro-
- slight, gentle
- tiny, microscopic
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 微
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
微
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Readings[edit]
Korean[edit]
Hanja[edit]
微 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
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Vietnamese[edit]
Han character[edit]
微 (vi)
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