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Chinese symbol for “microscopy”

显微学
xiǎn wēi xué
Traditional: 顯微學
microscopy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for microscopy is 显微学 (xiǎn wēi xué), defined as: microscopy.

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
学 xué
learning, knowledge, science; to study, to go to school; -ology
radical 39 ⼦ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 显微学.

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)
学生 (學生)xué shengstudent; schoolchild

See also: Japanese symbol for “microscopy”.

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.