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眉

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

eyebrows

HSK 7 N1

Human →Body →Covering

méi

ビ、ミ

まゆ

미

Depicts hair above the eye (目).

Components

◎ characterless component+ 目 eye =

眉 eyebrows

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts eyebrows.

目 Iconic component

mù eye

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

眉

Regular

Modern

Chinese

眉 [méi]

eyebrow; upper margin

Japanese

眉まゆ、まみえ (old) 同音

noun eyebrow; eyebrows

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

妻の死の知らせを聞いてもまゆ一つ動かさなかった。

He did not even raise an eyebrow at the news of his wife's death.

Japanese Names

眉まゆ

Mayu female given name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

眉毛 [méimao] #6,824

眉头 [méitóu] #22,373

眉头 [méitóu] #22,373

皱眉 [zhòuméi] #22,569

皱眉 [zhòuméi] #22,569

迫在眉睫 [pòzàiméijié] #21,208

pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent

眉目 [méimù] #18,524

general facial appearance

皱眉头 [zhòuméitóu] #22,710

皱眉头 [zhòuméitóu] #22,710

美眉 [měiméi] #14,320

(coll.) pretty girl

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JAPANESE WORDS (53)

眉間 [みけん] #4,015

眉をひそめる [まゆをひそめる] #4,798

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.)

眉を寄せる [まゆをよせる] #8,750

眉根を寄せる [まゆねをよせる] #9,653

⭐ 眉毛 [まゆげ] #16,031

眉根 [まゆね] #18,447

part of the eyebrow closest to the nose

片眉 [かたまゆ] #19,323

眉をしかめる [まゆをしかめる] #19,393

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.)

眉尻 [まゆじり] #23,144

end of an eyebrow

薙刀 [なぎなた] #23,957

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KOREAN WORDS (1)

being very urgent