TSUMUGU · B1 (est.) · 字
微
微 = 彳 + 𢼸
ㄨㄟ · wēi
adj — tiny, slight, subtle
字源 FORM — what the parts do
彳義a step — moving, going
𢼸聲wēi — gives the sounda person with long hair and a hand striking — worn down, no longer legible in the modern glyph
A walk (彳) so quiet it's hidden; 𢼸 wēi carries the sound, its old picture worn past reading. From the hidden, the very small: 微小、微妙、微生物.
故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by
那人貼著牆根(彳)走,腳步輕得幾乎沒人看見。
The figure slips along the wall (彳), steps so light no one quite sees.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)隱微— hidden; faint
→微小、細微— tiny, slight常用
⇒微妙— subtle, delicate
⇒微生物— micro- (microbe)
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension