美 — beauty, beautiful

び美 beauty

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 9 strokes art

U+7F8E Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #462 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #587 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

beauty
beautiful

word

ひ・び hi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

美(び) bi beauty 美(び) 人(じん) bijin beautiful woman 美(び) 女(じょ) bijo beautiful woman 美(び) 味(み) bimi delicious 美(び) 学(がく) bigaku aesthetics 美(び) 少(しょう) 女(じょ) bishoujo beautiful young girl 美(び) 術(じゅつ) 館(かん) bijutsukan art museum 美(び) 術(じゅつ) bijutsu art

うつく utsuku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

美(うつく) しい utsukushii beautiful

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

美味しい(おいしい) oishii delicious

う u Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

美(う) 味(ま) い umai delicious

Appears in idioms

八方美人四字熟語

eight, direction, beauty, person

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

𦍌 sheep (component)

おおきい大 big #37

ひつじ羊 sheep #123

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#123 羊 sheep

美 — beauty, beautiful

Meanings

word

ひ・び hi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

うつく utsuku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

う u Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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美 — beauty, beautiful

Meanings

word

ひ ・び hi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

うつく utsuku Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

う u Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Appears in idioms

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

ひ・び hi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).