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Chinese symbol for “microscope”

显微镜
xiǎn wēi jìng
Traditional: 顯微鏡
microscope; 台 (tái)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for microscope is 显微镜 (xiǎn wēi jìng), defined as: microscope; 台 (tái).

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

显 xiǎn
clear, evident; prominent; to show
radical 72 ⽇ · 9 strokes
微 wēi
small, tiny, trifling; micro-
radical 60 ⼻ · 13 strokes
镜 jìng
mirror, glass; lens, glasses
radical 167 ⾦ · 16 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “microscope”

WordPinyinMeaning
显镜 (顯鏡)xiǎn jìngmicroscope; same as 顯微鏡|显微镜

Related words

Other words that share a character with 显微镜.

WordPinyinMeaning
显示 (顯示)xiǎn shìto show; to illustrate
明显 (明顯)míng xiǎnclear; distinct
显然 (顯然)xiǎn ránclearly; evidently; obviously
显得 (顯得)xiǎn deto seem; to look
显著 (顯著)xiǎn zhùoutstanding; notable
显现 (顯現)xiǎn xiànappearance; to appear
微博wēi bómicroblogging; microblog
微笑wēi xiàosmile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī)
镜头 (鏡頭)jìng tóucamera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc)

See also: Japanese symbol for “microscope”.

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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