Chinese Character 微 Meanings and components.

Form

微

Meaning

微 meaning[3] in English

Surname Wei.

Ancient Chinese State Near Present Day Chongqing.

Taiwan Pr. [Wei2].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 微 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are step with the … (彳) , and (𢼸)

Its radical[1] is: 彳 (chi4) which means: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60), See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4], .彳chi4step with …

In cangjie it is written with HOUUK

How to write 微

To write微wei1surname Wei you should write a combination of 彳chi4step with … , 𢼸wei1 arranged in a 吅 shape:

彳 + 𢼸 = 微

微 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 微 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 微, looks as follow:

微
Pinyin:wei1 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Surname Wei . Ancient Chinese State Near Present Day Chongqing . Taiwan Pr. [Wei2]
彳
Pinyin:chi4
Meaning[3]: Step With The Left Foot (Kangxi Radical 60) . See Also 彳亍[Chi4 Chu4]
𢼸
Pinyin:wei1 Shape:吅
𡵂
Pinyin:𡵂5 Shape:冖
山
Pinyin:shan1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shan
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
攵
Pinyin:pu1

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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