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Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 973 / 2,608

Delicate

On’yomi
び
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
彳 Step (Kangxi 60)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 吹 (Blow), less common than 針 (Needle).

A person loitering on the left near a mountain with a task on the right -- loitering by the mountain doing a tiny task represents something delicate and subtle.

In words

微か かすか faint;dim;weak;indistinct;hazy;poor;wretchedN1
微妙 びみょう delicate,subtleN3
微塵 みじん particle;atomN1

微 is rank 973 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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