Chinese symbol for “slightest”
毫发
háo fà
Traditional: 毫髮
a hair; the slightest
The closest CC-CEDICT match for slightest is 毫发 (háo fà), defined as: a hair; the slightest.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 毫发.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 毫无 (毫無) | háo wú | not in the least; to completely lack |
| 毫米 | háo mǐ | millimeter |
| 丝毫 (絲毫) | sī háo | the slightest amount or degree; a bit |
| 毫不 | háo bù | hardly; not in the least |
| 毫无疑问 (毫無疑問) | háo wú yí wèn | certainty; without a doubt |
| 毫克 | háo kè | milligram |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises") |
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.