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Making Chinese characters memorable

微

ㄨㄟ

wēi

tiny
See how characters are made

Break characters down into their components to see semantic and phonetic hints

  • 微
    ㄨㄟ

    wēi

    tiny

    • 彳
      ㄔ ˋ

      chì

      step

    • ?

      • ?

        • 山
          ㄕㄢ

          shān

          mountain

        • 攵
          ㄆㄨ

          pū

          tap

      • ?

        • 一
          ㄧ

          yī

          one

        • 几
          ㄐㄧ ˇ

          jǐ

          how many

Make characters memorable

Write short, mnemonic stories about the characters to make them easier to remember

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a step on the mountain is but a tap and just one of so/how many but may carry butch WEI-ght (weight)
by JakieBrock

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