微
微 — mi
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
- Korean reading
- 작을 미
- Romanization
- mi
- English
- small, prefix micro-, trifling
- Mandarin
- wēi
- Japanese on'yomi
- ビ
- Japanese kun'yomi
- かす.か
- Japanese usage
- Jōyō kanji
- School grade
- Secondary (Jōyō)
- Newspaper frequency
- #1,108 of 2,500
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 彳 (60, 10 residual)
- Unicode
- U+5FAE
How 微 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 微 as a ideographic compound involving 美, 攴.
Korean example words with 微
- 미색微色 Korean gloss: 엷은 빛
- 미소微少 Korean gloss: 아주 적음
- 미소微小 Korean gloss: 아주 작음
- 미양微恙 Korean gloss: 가벼운 병
- 미파微波 Korean gloss: 잔잔한 물결
- 미량微量 Korean gloss: 아주 적은 분량
- 미증微增 Korean gloss: 미미하게 늘어남
- 미감微感 Korean gloss: 가벼운 감기 기운
- 미풍微風 Korean gloss: 약하게 부는 바람
- 미향微香 Korean gloss: 약하게 풍기는 향기
- 미수微睡 Korean gloss: 잠시 동안의 가벼운 잠
- 미광微光 Korean gloss: 아주 희미하고 약한 불빛
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 微
- 微妙びみょう subtle; delicate; fine
- 微生物びせいぶつ microbe; germ
- 微小びしょう microscopic
- 微震びしん slight earthquake
- 顕微鏡けんびきょう microscope
- 微動びどう slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
- 微笑びしょう smile
- 微細びさい minute; fine; detailed
- 微量びりょう minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
- 軽微けいび slight; little; insignificant
- 微粒子びりゅうし corpuscle; minute particle; particulate
- 微熱びねつ slight fever
Other hanja read “미”
Other hanja with radical 彳
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences