U+5FAE "" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+5FAE "" 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.

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

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
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
20837.100
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