眉 — Chinese character
眉
méi
eyebrows; upper margin of book
- Pinyin
- méi
- Radical
- 109 ⽬ (Eye)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 尸 目
- Formation
- ideographic — Picture of hair 尸 above an eye 目
- Japanese
- 眉 as a kanji
Common words with 眉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眉毛 | méi mao | eyebrow; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 美眉 | měi méi | (coll.) pretty girl |
| 迫在眉睫 | pò zài méi jié | pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent |
| 眉头 (眉頭) | méi tóu | brows |
| 皱眉 (皺眉) | zhòu méi | to frown; to knit one's brow |
| 画眉 (畫眉) | huà méi | to apply makeup to the eyebrows; (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus) |
| 眉眼 | méi yǎn | brows and eyes; appearance |
| 皱眉头 (皺眉頭) | zhòu méi tóu | to scowl; to knit the brows |
| 燃眉之急 | rán méi zhī jí | lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency |
| 眉目 | méi mù | general facial appearance; features; arrangement; sequence of ideas; logic (of writing) |
| 眉目 | méi mu | progress; prospect of solution |
| 愁眉苦脸 (愁眉苦臉) | chóu méi kǔ liǎn | to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable |
English words written with 眉
眉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 4
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.