How to Write 蕞 (zuì) — Meaning “Tiny / Small”

Imagine the "most tiny" blade of grass: 艹 (grass) combined with 最 (most) to mean "the most tiny thing." This visual helps you link the radical and phonetic part to the meaning of "tiny" or "insignificant."

Write the top radical 艹 as three strokes (horizontal, vertical, vertical) first, then write the bottom part 最. Pay attention to the 曰 (sun-like) component inside 最 — it has a horizontal stroke in the middle that is shorter than the outer frame. Common mistakes include writing 曰 as 日 (without the middle stroke) or making the 艹 too large.

蕞 has the phonetic component 最 (zuì) inside and means "tiny." 葄 (rare, pronounced possibly zuò or another) contains 乍 or 作 and is not commonly used. 蒗 (làng) has 良 inside and refers to a type of plant like "duckweed." Visually, 蕞 is the only one with 最 under the grass radical.

蕞 is a literary character not included in the HSK vocabulary and rarely used in everyday speech. It appears in fixed phrases like 蕞尔 (tiny), 蕞尔小城 (a tiny little town), and 蕞尔之地 (a tiny piece of land), often in formal or classical writing to emphasize smallness or insignificance.

Common words containing 蕞 include: 蕞尔 (zuì ěr) — Tiny / Insignificant; 蕞尔小城 (zuì ěr xiǎo chéng) — A tiny little town; 蕞尔之地 (zuì ěr zhī dì) — A tiny piece of land.