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美
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

beautiful

HSK 3 N2
Abstract →Space
měi
ビ、ミ
うつく.しい
미
Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwar resembling sheep horns.
Components
羊 sheep+ 大 big =
美 beautiful
羊 Iconic component
yáng sheep
sheep, goat
Depicts ornamental headwear resembling sheep horns.
大 Iconic component
dà big
big, great, vast, large, high
Used here as a pictograph of a person.
Notes
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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 Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
美
Regular
Modern
Chinese
美 [Měi]
the Americas; abbr. for 美洲[Měi​zhōu]; USA; abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi​guó]
美 [měi]
beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
Japanese
美 び 同音
nounn-suf beauty
Korean
미 [美]
Noun
beauty; Beauty.; C mark; average; The third mark when grades are divided into five categories (su, wu, mi, yang, and ga) in the grading system in Korean secondary schools.
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
私は美を愛する人間である。
I am a lover of the beautiful.
Japanese Names
美 うまし
Umashi given name
美 きよし
Kiyoshi given name
美 ちゅら
Chura female given name
美 はる
Haru female given name
美 はるみ
Harumi female given name
美 び
Bi given name
美 びき
Biki unclassified name
美 み
Mi surname
美 みあ
Mia unclassified name
美 みい
Mii female given name
美 みき
Miki given name
美 みさき
Misaki surname
美 みさを
Misao, Misawo female given name
美 みすみ
Misumi unclassified name
美 みほ
Miho female given name
美 みゅう
Myū female given name
美 みよし
Miyoshi female given name
美 めい
Mei female given name
美 よし
Yoshi female given name
美 よしつぐ
Yoshitsugu unclassified name
美 よしはま
Yoshihama surname
美 よしみ
Yoshimi female given name
美 よみする
Yomisuru unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
美国 [Měi​guó] #293
United States
美元 [Měi​yuán] #684
American dollar
完美 [wán​měi] #756
perfect
美丽 [měi​lì] #1,151
beautiful
美丽 [měi​lì] #1,151
beautiful
美好 [měi​hǎo] #1,283
beautiful
美女 [měi​nǚ] #1,880
beautiful woman
美妙 [měi​miào] #2,085
beautiful
美金 [Měi​jīn] #2,061
US dollar
美味 [měi​wèi] #2,875
delicious
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 美しい [うつくしい] #674
beautiful
⭐ 甘い [あまい] #729
sweet-tasting
⭐ 見事 [みごと] #1,628
splendid
⭐ 美人 [びじん] #2,057
beautiful woman
⭐ 美味しい [おいしい] #3,022
good(-tasting)
⭐ 上手い [うまい] #3,055
skillful
⭐ 御 [ご] #3,057
honorific/polite/humble prefix
美少女 [びしょうじょ] #3,939
beautiful girl
⭐ 美女 [びじょ] #5,273
beautiful woman
⭐ 美貌 [びぼう] #5,348
beautiful face
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KOREAN WORDS (52)
미국 #1,354
the United States
미술 #10,695
art; fine art
미군 #13,506
U.S. military; American soldier
미남 #24,957
handsome man; good-looking man
미용실 #28,099
beauty parlor; beauty salon
미녀 #29,379
beauty; beautiful woman
각선미
beauty of leg lines
건강미
healthy beauty
곡선미
curvaceousness
남미
South America
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