Chinese symbol for “beautiful”
美
měi
beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself
The closest CC-CEDICT match for beautiful is 美 (měi), defined as: beautiful; very satisfactory; good; to beautify; to be pleased with oneself.
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “beautiful”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美丽 (美麗) | měi lì | beautiful |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | beautiful; fine |
| 佳 | jiā | beautiful; fine |
| 丽 (麗) | lì | beautiful |
| 美妙 | měi miào | beautiful; wonderful |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 美.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 美丽 (美麗) | měi lì | beautiful |
| 完美 | wán měi | perfect |
| 美女 | měi nǚ | beautiful woman |
| 美好 | měi hǎo | beautiful; fine |
| 美食 | měi shí | culinary delicacy; fine food |
See also: Japanese symbol for “beautiful”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.