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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

微 wēi
small, tiny, trifling; micro-
radical 60 ⼻ · 13 strokes
型 xíng
pattern, model, type; mold; law
radical 32 ⼟ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “miniature”

WordPinyinMeaning
迷你mí nǐ(loanword) mini-; miniature; very small
具体而微 (具體而微)jù tǐ ér wēiminiature; scaled-down
微wēitiny; miniature
微雕wēi diāoa miniature (carving)
缩小模型 (縮小模型)suō xiǎo mó xíngminiature

Related words

Other words that share a character with 微型.

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
大型dà xínglarge; large-scale
类型 (類型)lèi xíngtype; kind; category; (computer programming) type
模型mó xíngmodel; 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.

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