微 wēi
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- Made of
- 彳 to step with the left foot 攵 to rap, to tap
微博
wēibó
microblog
Characters in this word
博 bó
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 十 — ten, tenth
- Made of
- 十 ten, tenth 尃 to announce, to state
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我看微博。 Wǒ kàn wēibó. I read Weibo.
- 她发微博。 Tā fā wēibó. She posts on Weibo.
- 微博很热闹。 Wēibó hěn rènao. Weibo is very lively.