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Kanji Detail for 美 - "beautiful, beauty, excellent"

  • Meaning

    美 means "beautiful, beauty, excellent."

    1. Beautiful - Pleasing to the senses.

    2. Beauty - Aesthetic excellence.

    3. Delicious - Pleasing to taste.

    4. Praise - To commend; to admire.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    beauty; beautiful

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    beautiful, pretty; pleasing

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1]); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2])

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    beautiful, pretty; pleasing

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    External goodness. All things encountered that give a feeling of pleasure and satisfaction are called 美 (beautiful). Such as 美術 (fine arts). | To praise. Such as the Preface to the Odes praising the Earl of Shao, praising Duke Huan of Qi, and such. | A country name. Abbreviation for the United States of America. In North America, south of Canada. | A continent name. Abbreviation for America. Divided into two parts: North America and South America. | To advance goodness. To guide. | Pickled meat. When the Liao ruler Yelü Deguang died
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Sentences including

  • Many beautiful flowers bloom in spring.

  • I saw some very beautiful scenes.

  • The curtains make this room beautiful.

  • She was a beauty in her day.

  • Their garden is full of very beautiful flowers all the year round.

  • One of the most beautiful animals is a cat.

  • She is no less beautiful than her sister.

  • She is rich , and what is better , very beautiful.

  • There is nothing to compare with her beauty.

  • She is a woman of great beauty.

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