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Kanji Detail for 媚 - "flatter, beautiful"

媚

  • Meaning

    媚 means "flatter, beautiful."

    1. Flatter - To act coquettishly; to be seductive; to fawn.

    2. Beautiful - Pretty; charming; alluring.

  • Four-character idioms with 媚

    • 媚眼秋波 びがんしゅうは Listen casting a coquettish glance (at a man)
    • 風光明媚 ふうこうめいび Listen scenic; beautiful; picturesque

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    bi(ビ) ビ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ko.biru(こびる) こびる

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    女 (onna・onnahen)

  • Related Keywords

    flatter beautiful charming alluring captivating

Sentences including 媚

  • I’ll never quit, never curry favor, and never look back!

  • Switzerland is famous for its scenic beauty.

  • Switzerland is famous for its scenic beauty.

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