Chinese symbol for “subtle”
微妙
wēi miào
subtle
The closest CC-CEDICT match for subtle is 微妙 (wēi miào), defined as: subtle.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “subtle”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 城府 | chéng fǔ | subtle; shrewd |
| 精微 | jīng wēi | subtle; profound |
| 细微 (細微) | xì wēi | tiny; minute |
| 细腻 (細膩) | xì nì | (of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate; (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed; subtle; exquisite; meticulous |
| 幽微 | yōu wēi | faint; subtle (of sound, scent etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 微妙.
| 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 |
| 微型 | wēi xíng | miniature; micro-; tiny |
| 奇妙 | qí miào | wonderful; marvelous; intriguing; mysterious; strange |
| 巧妙 | qiǎo miào | ingenious; clever; ingenuity; artifice |
See also: Japanese symbol for “subtle”.
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.