1. 微
  2. 妙

微

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  1. 微 is the 652nd most frequent character.
  2. 微 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 微 appears as a character in 67 words.
  4. 微 appears as a component in 2 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
微 => 彳, No glyph available
Radical :
微 => 彳 (step), 山 (mountain), ⺙ (knock), 一 (one), 几 (table)
Graphical :
微 => ㇒, 丨, 丨, 凵, 丿, 一, 乂, 一, 丿, ㇠

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Wei1 - surname Wei/ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing/Taiwan pr. [wei2]
  2. wei1 - tiny/miniature/profound/abtruse/to decline/one millionth part of/micro-/Taiwan pr. [wei2]

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

微 

Medium Frequency

卑微 
微博 
微博客 
微笑 
微薄 
微风 (微風)

Appears In:

微 also appears in:
薇矀

妙

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Meta:

  1. 妙 is the 1248th most frequent character.
  2. 妙 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 妙 appears as a character in 29 words.
  4. 妙 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
妙 => 女, 少
Radical :
妙 => 女 (woman), 小 (small), 丿 (bend)
Graphical :
妙 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 亅, 八, 丿

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. miao4 - clever/wonderful

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 妙 (miao4): The component 小 is pronounced as 'xiao3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

奇妙 
美妙 
莫名其妙 

Medium Frequency

奥妙 (奧妙)
妙 
妙手 
巧妙 
微妙 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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