| Kanji | 微 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ビ |
| Kunyomi | かす.か |
| Nanori | み |
| English | delicate, minuteness, insignificance |
| Examples | 微妙(びみょう): (1) delicate; subtle; sensitive (2) difficult; delicate (situation); complicated (3) doubtful; questionable; dicey 顕微鏡(けんびきょう): microscope 微笑(びしょう): smile 微量(びりょう): minuscule amount; extremely small quantity 微笑む(ほほえむ): to smile 微塵(みじん): particle; atom; little piece; tiny amount 微か(かすか): faint; dim; weak; indistinct; hazy; poor; wretched |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | S |
| Frequency | 1108 |
| Components | 彳: stop; linger; loiter; going man radical (no. 60) 山: mountain 兀: high & level; lofty; bald; dangerous 攵: strike; hit; folding chair radical variant (no. 66) |
| Number of Strokes | 13 |
| Kanji Radical | 彳 |
| Radical Number | 60 |
| Radical Strokes | 3 |
| Radical Reading | ぎょうにんべん |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | delicate |
| Koohii Story 1 | The Column of 300 spartans were in a delicate situation. They had travelled in one line (using only their legs) to the mountain pass to face the fierce Persian task master. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Telling your taskmistress (wife) why you are going mountain climbing without her is a delicate situation... "For one thing you have such beautiful legs and I don´t want to risk injuring them honey"... |
| RTK Index | 889 |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grades, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_physical.properties_shape.size, kanji_physical.properties_miscellaneous
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