美 — kanji meaning “beauty”
美
beauty, beautiful
- Meanings
- beauty, beautiful
- On'yomi
- ビ (bi)、ミ (mi)
- Kun'yomi
- うつく.しい
- Name readings
- はる、よし、よしみ、り
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #462 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 123
- Chinese reading
- měi — Chinese character page
Words with 美
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美しい | うつくしい utsukushii | beautiful; pretty; lovely |
| 美人 | びじん bijin | beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle |
| 美術 | びじゅつ bijutsu | art; fine arts |
| 美術館 | びじゅつかん bijutsukan | art museum; art gallery |
| 美容 | びよう biyou | beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance |
| 美女 | びじょ bijo | beautiful woman |
| 褒美 | ほうび houbi | reward; prize |
| 美化 | びか bika | beautification; cleaning up; tidiying |
| 美味しい | おいしい oishii | good(-tasting); nice; delicious |
| 賛美 | さんび sanbi | praise; glorification; extolment |
| 美学 | びがく bigaku | esthetics; aesthetics |
| 美貌 | びぼう bibou | beautiful face; good looks; beauty |
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