Chinese symbol for “microcosm”
缩影
suō yǐng
Traditional: 縮影
miniature version of sth; microcosm; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm
The closest CC-CEDICT match for microcosm is 缩影 (suō yǐng), defined as: miniature version of sth; microcosm; epitome; (Tw) to microfilm.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 缩影.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
| 缩小 (縮小) | suō xiǎo | to reduce; to decrease; to shrink |
| 压缩 (壓縮) | yā suō | to compress; compression |
| 收缩 (收縮) | shōu suō | to pull back; to shrink |
| 缩写 (縮寫) | suō xiě | abbreviation; to abridge |
| 紧缩 (緊縮) | jǐn suō | (economics) to reduce; to curtail |
| 影响 (影響) | yǐng xiǎng | influence; effect |
| 电影 (電影) | diàn yǐng | movie; film; measure word: 部 (bù) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “microcosm”.
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.