U+5FAE "微" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+5FAE "微" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character meaning "small," "tiny," "minute," or "subtle," and it carries profound cultural and philosophical significance. It is composed of the radical for "double person" (彳) on the left, suggesting motion or action, and a complex phonetic and semantic component on the right that evokes the idea of something fine or barely perceptible. This character appears frequently in classical texts, such as in the Daoist concept of "wei miao" (微妙) meaning "subtle and profound," and in modern contexts, it forms part of words like "weibo" (微博) for "microblog" and "weixin" (微信) for "micro-message" or WeChat. As a core element in the vocabulary of measurement, degree, and nuance, "微" illustrates the importance of the minuscule in Chinese thought, where even the smallest details can hold great meaning.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
微 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
微 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE5 0xBE 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x5FAE |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00005FAE |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u5fae |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive |
B74C |
| kCCCII |
213D73 |
| kCNS1986 |
1-6372 |
| kCNS1992 |
1-6372 |
| kCangjie |
HOUUK |
| kCantonese |
mei4 |
| kCihaiT |
517.204 |
| kCowles |
2656 |
| kDaeJaweon |
0696.150 |
| kDefinition |
small, prefix micro-, trifling |
| kEACC |
213D73 |
| kFanqie |
無非 |
| kFenn |
550B |
| kFennIndex |
596.02 |
| kFourCornerCode |
2824.0 |
| kGB0 |
4602 |
| kGB1 |
4602 |
| kGradeLevel |
2 |
| kGSR |
0584d |
| kHangul |
미:0E |
| kHanYu |
20837.100 |
| kHanyuPinlu |
wēi(511) |
| kHanyuPinyin |
20837.100:wēi |
| kHKGlyph |
1286 |
| kIICore |
AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon |
0696.150 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
20837.100 |
| kIRGKangXi |
0370.120 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-4E22 |
| kIRG_HSource |
HB1-B74C |
| kIRG_JSource |
J0-4879 |
| kIRG_KPSource |
KP0-DBFB |
| kIRG_KSource |
K0-5A30 |
| kIRG_TSource |
T1-6372 |
| kIRG_VSource |
V1-546F |
| kJapanese |
ビ かすか ひそかに |
| kJoyoKanji |
2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja |
2007 |
| kTGH |
2013:2965 |
| kJapaneseKun |
KASUKA NAI |
| kJapaneseOn |
BI |
| kJis0 |
4089 |
| kKangXi |
0370.120 |
| kKorean |
MI |
| kLau |
2124 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
1792 |
| kMandarin |
wēi |
| kMatthews |
7061 |
| kMeyerWempe |
1805 |
| kMojiJoho |
MJ011343 MJ011343:E0102 MJ011345:E0103 MJ011344:E0104 MJ011342:E0105 |
| kMorohashi |
10203:E0105 |
| kNelson |
1631 |
| kPhonetic |
888 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 |
C+3469+60.3.10 V+13992+60.3.10 |
| kRSUnicode |
60.10 |
| kSBGY |
063.30 |
| kSMSZD2003Index |
215.08 278.10 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings |
wēi粵mei4 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph |
1792 |
| kTang |
*miəi |
| kTGHZ2013 |
381.100:wēi |
| kTotalStrokes |
13 |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese |
vi |
| kXerox |
245:171 |
| kXHC1983 |
1191.090:wēi |