微
slight; delicate; minuteness; insignificance
13 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1108.
Readings
- ビ (on reading): 微妙 (びみょう) subtle; 微分 (びぶん) differentiation
- かすか (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 微笑む (ほほえむ) to smile; 微笑み (ほほえみ) smile; 微笑ましい (ほほえましい) heartwarming
Components
- 彳
- 山
- 兀
- 攵
- 乞 radical beg
- 山 radical mountain
- 彳 radical step, left-side form of 行
- 攵 radical strike, right-side form of 攴
Kanji containing 微
- 薇 an edible fern
Words using 微
- 微妙 (びみょう) subtle
- 微分 (びぶん) differentiation
- 微生物 (びせいぶつ) microbe
- 顕微鏡 (けんびきょう) microscope
- 微熱 (びねつ) slight fever
- 微笑む (ほほえむ) to smile
- 微笑み (ほほえみ) smile
- 微笑ましい (ほほえましい) heartwarming
- 微笑み返す (ほほえみかえす) to smile back (at a person)
- 微睡む (まどろむ) to doze (off)
- 微塵 (みじん) particle
- 粉微塵 (こなみじん) in very small pieces
- 木端微塵 (こっぱみじん) broken into small fragments
- 拈華微笑 (ねんげみしょう) heart-to-heart communication
- 微妙 (みみょう) unspeakably wonderful
178 words in all.