微
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 (Kangxi 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))
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 370, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10203
- Dae Jaweon: page 696, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 837, character 10
- Unihan data for U+5FAE
Chinese
trad. | 微 | |
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simp. # | 微 |
Glyph origin
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mɯl) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 𢼸 ().
Etymology
- "not; no"
- The negative root *m + 惟 (OC *ɢʷi, “to be”) (Pulleybank, 1995).
- "small"
- From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mwəj (“fine; delicate”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese မွေ့ (mwe., “delicate”).
Pronunciation 1
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Definitions
- 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, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wēi Guǎnzhòng, wú qí bèifàzuǒrèn 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
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See also
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毫 (háo) | 微 | 奈/納/奈/纳 |
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bui
Definitions
(deprecated template usage) 微 (Southern Min)
Compounds
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Japanese
Kanji
- delicate
Readings
Etymology 1
Affix
Etymology 2
Affix
Korean
Hanja
微 • (mi) (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune–Reischauer mi, Yale mi)
- 작을미 - small, few, little, hidden
Vietnamese
Han character
(deprecated template usage) 微 (vi)
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