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美

JLPT N3 SL3 9 strokes Frequency: #462

Meanings

Beauty, Beautiful

Radicals

羊

Decomposition

⿱羊大

Etymology

Ideographic: A person 大 wearing an elegant crown 羊

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 dot right-to-left

2 diagonal right-to-left

3 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

4 vertical right-to-left

5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

6 horizontal bottom-to-top

7 horizontal bottom-to-top

8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ミ mi

ビ bi

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

うつく utsuku

Words Using This Kanji

365 words total

Other (20 words)

自然美しぜんび

natural beauty

背美鯨せみくじら

North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)

aesthetics

good customs

hymn

masculine beauty

sublime, magnificent beauty

月下美人げっかびじん

Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)

beauty of form

ugliness and beauty

exquisite

mental charm

woman as pretty as a flower

avant-garde art

art exhibition

art dealer

art director

art book

art lover

splendor

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