Chinese symbol for “miniature”
微型
wēi xíng
miniature; micro-; tiny
The closest CC-CEDICT match for miniature is 微型 (wēi xíng), defined as: miniature; micro-; tiny.
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
Other Chinese words for “miniature”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迷你 | mí nǐ | (loanword) mini-; miniature; very small |
| 具体而微 (具體而微) | jù tǐ ér wēi | miniature; scaled-down |
| 微 | wēi | tiny; miniature |
| 微雕 | wēi diāo | a miniature (carving) |
| 缩小模型 (縮小模型) | suō xiǎo mó xíng | miniature |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 微型.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 稍微 | shāo wēi | a little bit |
| 轻微 (輕微) | qīng wēi | slight; light |
| 微生物 | wēi shēng wù | microorganism |
| 大型 | dà xíng | large; large-scale |
| 类型 (類型) | lèi xíng | type; kind; category; (computer programming) type |
| 模型 | mó xíng | model; mold |
See also: Japanese symbol for “miniature”.
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.