• 652nd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 143 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

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

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

微博 
微博客 
微笑 

Uncommon

卑微 
微不足道 
微妙 
微小 
微微 
微服 
微波 
微波炉 (微波爐)
微薄 
微软 (微軟)
微风 (微風)
稍微 
轻微 (輕微)

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  • 556th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xíng (xing2)model • type (e.g. blood type)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for xíng (xing2)The component is pronounced as 'xíng' (xing2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

造型 
类型 (類型)
发型 (髮型)

Uncommon

典型 
原型 
句型 
型号 (型號)
大型 
定型 
小型 
巨型 
微型 
成型 
新型 
有型 
模型 
脸型 (臉型)
血型 
转型 (轉型)
体型 (體型)
发型师 (髮型師)

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