美

Pronunciationměi
Five Elements
FortuneAuspicious
Strokes9 strokes

Basic Info

Pronunciation měi
Five Elements
Fortune Auspicious
Radical
Simplified Strokes 9 strokes
Traditional Strokes 9 strokes

Naming Meaning

Kangxi Dictionary

View Original Page 951
View Original Page 951
Wei Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Sheep (yáng) Beautiful; Kangxi Stroke Count: 9; Page: Page 951, Entry 10 (Guangyun), (Jiyun), (Yunhui) wu bi qie, pronounced mi. (Shuowen): Sweet. From sheep and big. Sheep are among the six domestic animals, providing sustenance. Mei and shan have the same meaning. (Note): When sheep are big, they are beautiful, hence from big. (Wujing Wenzi): Those from dog and fire are erroneous. (Book of Odes, Zhaonan, Gantang Preface): Praising Zhao Bo. (Shu): Good is spoken as beautiful, bad is spoken as criticism. Also (Guangyun): Beautiful color. (Book of Odes, Beifeng): It is not for the woman that she is beautiful. (Zhuan): Not only for her followers to speak of beautiful color. Also (Zhengyun): Excellent, good. Also (Yunbu): Rhymes with ming mi qie. (Liu Xiang, Jiutan): Displaying essence to dazzle, fragrant and rich forming beauty. Binding the cassia tree's beauty, threading orchid,蕙, and magnolia. Yi has a different sound. (Yupian): Sometimes written as 媺.

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