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Chinese symbol for “macro”

微距
wēi jù
(photography) (of a lens etc) macro; close-up

The closest CC-CEDICT match for macro is 微距 (wēi jù), defined as: (photography) (of a lens etc) macro; close-up.

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
距 jù
distance, gap
radical 157 ⾜ · 12 strokes

Other Chinese words for “macro”

WordPinyinMeaning
宏hónggreat; magnificent
巨集jù jí(computing) macro (primarily Hong Kong and Taiwan)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 微距.

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
距离 (距離)jù lídistance; separation (in space or time); to be ... away from; to be ... from
差距chā jùdisparity; gap

See also: Japanese symbol for “macro”.

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.