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Kanji Detail for 媚 - "flatter, beautiful"
媚
- Meaning
媚 means "flatter, beautiful."
Flatter - To act coquettishly; to be seductive; to fawn.
Beautiful - Pretty; charming; alluring.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
flatter; humor; flirt
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
charming, attractive; flatter
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
(bound form) to flatter; (bound form) charming
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
attractive, charming; to charm, to flatter
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The meaning of being beautiful and pleasing to others. Such as 嫵媚, 柔媚. Originally referring to women who serve men with their beauty. By extension, beautiful scenery is also called 媚. Such as 春光明媚. Writing with captivating charm is called 姿媚. | Servile flattery. 便辟側媚 refers to people who seek favor and security. Referring to officials. See (Book of Documents). | To be close and compliant. 媚茲一人. See (Book of Odes). Meaning the people being close to their ruler. 不媚不信. See (Zuo Zhuan). Meaning superiors being compliant to their people.
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