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微

See also: 徵, 徴, and 徹
微 U+5FAE, 微
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FAE
← 徭
[U+5FAD]		CJK Unified Ideographs徯 →
[U+5FAF]

Translingual edit

Japanese微
Simplified微
Traditional微

Alternative forms edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  • 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 edit

trad.微
simp. #微
2nd round simp.𡵉
alternative forms㣲
𢕧
𢼸

Glyph origin edit

Characters in the same phonetic series (微) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
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／形声, OC *mɯl) : semantic 彳 + phonetic 𢼸 ().

Etymology edit

"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 edit

Rime
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
Baxtermj+j
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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		mei4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character微
Reading #1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		wēi
Middle
Chinese		‹ mjɨj ›
Old
Chinese		/*məj/
Englishsmall

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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

  1. tiny; small; trifling
  2. to decline; to deteriorate
  3. humble; low-ranking
  4. slight; gentle
  5. slightly; gently
  6. † to not have
  7. [from 19th c., officially from 1981 (PRC), 1985 (ROC)] micro- (SI unit prefix)
  8. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 微 (MC mj+j)
  9. (～日) (telegraphy) the fifth day of a month

Compounds edit

See also edit

SI prefix
LastNext
毫 (háo)微奈/納／奈/纳

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (微):
  • → Japanese: 微(み) (mi); 微(び) (bi)
  • → Korean: 미(微) (mi)
  • → Vietnamese: vi (微)

Pronunciation 2 edit

Definitions edit

微 (Southern Min)

  1. (mouth, eyes, etc.) to close slightly
  2. a little

Compounds edit

  • 峇微
  • 微目
  • 沙微 (sa-bui) (Min Nan)

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

微

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. delicate

Readings edit

Etymology 1 edit

Affix edit

微(び) • (bi) 

  1. tiny; small; minute

Etymology 2 edit

Affix edit

微(み) • (mi) 

  1. tiny; small; minute

Korean edit

Hanja edit

微 (eumhun 작을 미 (jageul mi))

  1. Hanja form? of 미 (“small, few, little, hidden”).

微 (eumhun 자질구레할 미 (jajilgurehal mi))

  1. Hanja form? of 미 (“minor, trivial, trifling”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

微: Hán Nôm readings: vi

  1. chữ Hán form of vi (“micro-”).

Zhuang edit

Noun edit

微

  1. Sawndip form of feiz (“fire”)
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