Read Edit View history 𢼸 wēiwéi tiny, small Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 𡵂 represents the sound and 攵 represents the meaning. Components 𡵂 𡵂 Sound component měi beautiful Change in sound 𢼸 and 𡵂 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese. 𢼸 *məj 𡵂 *[m]rəjʔ 攵 攵 Meaning component pū tap 攵 is a component form of 攴. Component uses Sound (2) 微溦 Historical Pronunciations 說文解字 妙也。从人从攴，豈省聲。 Sources Character origin 漢語多功能字庫Readings & variants Unicode Etymology Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)