美 (měi)

beautiful; USA

How 美 is written

Strokes
9
Radical
羊 — sheep
Traditional
美
Simplified
美 (unchanged)

Common words using 美

完美 wánměi
perfect; perfection; perfectly
美人 měirén
beauty; belle
美國 měiguó
United States; USA; US
美女 měinǚ
beautiful woman
美好 měihǎo
beautiful; fine
美麗 měilì
beautiful
優美 yōuměi
graceful; fine; elegant
十全十美 shíquánshíměi
complete and beautiful; to be perfect (idiom)
唯美 wéiměi
aesthetics
審美 shěnměi
esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste
愛美 àiměi
love of beauty; wishing to appear beautiful; to set store by one's appearance
甜美 tiánměi
sweetness

美 in a sentence

這裡的風景美得像一幅畫。

Zhèlǐ de fēngjǐng měi de xiàng yì fú huà.

“The scenery here is as beautiful as a painting.”

How common is 美?

美 is the 151st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 49.9% of all running text.

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