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Chinese symbol for “derivative”

微商
wēi shāng
derivative (math.); business on WeChat 微信 (Wēi xìn) leveraging one's social network; person who operates such a business

The closest CC-CEDICT match for derivative is 微商 (wēi shāng), defined as: derivative (math.); business on WeChat 微信 (Wēi xìn) leveraging one's social network; person who operates such a business.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

微 wēi
small, tiny, trifling; micro-
radical 60 ⼻ · 13 strokes
商 shāng
commerce, business, trade
radical 30 ⼝ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “derivative”

WordPinyinMeaning
衍生物yǎn shēng wùderivative; offshoot
导数 (導數)dǎo shùderivative (math.)
次生cì shēngderivative; secondary
衍生yǎn shēngto give rise to; to derive
派生pài shēngto produce (from sth else); to derive (from raw material)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 微商.

WordPinyinMeaning
微博wēi bómicroblogging; microblog
微笑wēi xiàosmile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī)
稍微shāo wēia little bit
轻微 (輕微)qīng wēislight; light
微生物wēi shēng wùmicroorganism
微型wēi xíngminiature; micro-; tiny
商业 (商業)shāng yèbusiness; trade
商品shāng pǐncommodity; goods; merchandise; measure word: 件 (jiàn)

See also: Japanese symbol for “derivative”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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