Read Edit View history Discussion 微 wēi HSK4 small Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 彳 represents the meaning and 𢼸 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "go out and hide". The meaning later shifted to "conceal" and "tiny". Pinyin Separate values with commas wēi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 彳 is a component form of 行. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 微 Simp strokes 微 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 微 Simp strokes 微 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 微 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 279, 786 ], [ 296, 765 ], [ 302, 746 ], [ 275, 696 ], [ 192, 589 ], [ 127, 532 ] ], [ [ 249, 553 ], [ 267, 533 ], [ 275, 512 ], [ 232, 428 ], [ 151, 320 ], [ 103, 266 ], [ 59, 228 ] ], [ [ 226, 373 ], [ 227, 351 ], [ 240, 326 ], [ 236, 189 ], [ 225, 99 ], [ 231, 37 ] ], [ [ 443, 757 ], [ 474, 727 ], [ 467, 577 ], [ 452, 567 ] ], [ [ 350, 653 ], [ 371, 624 ], [ 367, 522 ], [ 398, 522 ], [ 445, 540 ], [ 536, 562 ], [ 545, 572 ] ], [ [ 579, 704 ], [ 598, 671 ], [ 567, 532 ] ], [ [ 343, 410 ], [ 393, 410 ], [ 509, 447 ], [ 545, 449 ] ], [ [ 352, 342 ], [ 368, 329 ], [ 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583 718 573 714 Q 567 713 568 702 Q 574 693 569 627 Q 565 608 551 579 L 551 549 Z", "M 348 419 Q 320 412 341 400 Q 377 385 420 399 Q 472 414 525 430 Q 550 437 553 441 Q 560 448 555 455 Q 548 464 525 467 Q 500 470 477 458 Q 450 446 420 436 Q 387 426 348 419 Z", "M 388 338 Q 381 344 371 348 Q 358 355 347 352 Q 338 346 343 336 Q 364 315 341 180 Q 340 180 340 177 Q 319 129 296 79 Q 295 70 302 72 Q 329 79 365 144 Q 389 198 403 290 Q 403 296 406 304 C 411 322 411 322 388 338 Z", "M 406 304 Q 407 305 410 306 Q 423 315 434 323 Q 458 333 465 327 Q 475 321 468 297 Q 474 212 458 144 Q 448 120 483 84 Q 492 77 498 82 Q 504 88 511 106 Q 536 149 593 223 Q 600 232 598 238 Q 597 244 589 236 Q 559 211 531 184 Q 503 156 505 194 Q 499 299 528 331 Q 538 338 530 349 Q 521 361 492 374 Q 482 378 470 369 Q 445 354 388 338 C 359 330 381 288 406 304 Z", "M 674 485 Q 722 584 753 667 Q 766 712 782 735 Q 788 748 781 759 Q 774 771 743 786 Q 713 796 696 793 Q 680 787 691 768 Q 724 726 661 557 Q 633 479 588 390 Q 581 378 580 372 Q 579 362 592 367 Q 596 368 602 375 L 613 387 Q 658 456 663 463 L 674 485 Z", "M 780 467 Q 828 483 882 499 Q 910 509 914 513 Q 921 522 916 529 Q 909 539 879 544 Q 849 547 822 532 Q 791 519 756 506 Q 719 493 674 485 C 644 480 635 473 663 463 Q 696 450 740 455 L 780 467 Z", "M 748 235 Q 758 256 795 376 Q 799 403 813 426 Q 822 441 808 449 Q 793 461 781 467 L 780 467 C 754 481 730 483 740 455 Q 762 409 723 282 Q 720 279 720 274 Q 719 274 719 273 L 699 233 Q 648 151 579 111 Q 566 102 552 93 Q 542 86 551 83 Q 596 79 671 138 Q 705 163 724 193 L 748 235 Z", "M 724 193 Q 800 76 839 64 Q 851 61 954 61 Q 967 61 978 64 Q 985 68 976 78 Q 964 88 865 136 Q 813 160 748 235 L 719 273 Q 691 310 664 354 Q 651 376 622 386 Q 618 387 613 387 C 584 393 583 394 602 375 Q 608 369 616 361 Q 641 345 699 233 L 724 193 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 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