Chinese symbol for “tiny”
微
wēi
tiny; miniature; slightly; profound
The closest CC-CEDICT match for tiny is 微 (wēi), defined as: tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “tiny”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 细微 (細微) | xì wēi | tiny; minute |
| 细小 (細小) | xì xiǎo | tiny; fine |
| 小 | xiǎo | small; tiny |
| 小不点 (小不點) | xiǎo bu diǎn | tiny; very small |
| 微末 | wēi mò | tiny; negligible |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 微.
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “tiny”.
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.