媄

媄 · měi

beautiful

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
měi
Cantonese
mei5
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

beautiful

Dictionary definitions & readings

媄 měi · beautiful

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21068.150:měi Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
246.170:měi Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
ビ ミ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
미:1N Source property ↗
Vietnamese · Quốc ngữ
mẹ Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
無鄙 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
VTGK Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
4843.5 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0266.170 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
247.20 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5A84
Radical
女 · 38
Strokes
12
Residual strokes
9
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #7453

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
mijX · 無鄙 · 止開三上脂明 · #1253

PHONO-ML, source line 9242; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kDaeJaweon
0533.220
kHanYu
21068.150
kIRGDaeJaweon
0533.220
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21068.150
kIRGKangXi
0266.170
kKangXi
0266.170
kMorohashi
06478
kSBGY
247.20
kCangjie
VTGK
kFourCornerCode
4843.5
kMojiJoho
MJ009827
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BTK
kIRG_GSource
G5-403C
kIRG_HSource
HB2-D8C3
kIRG_JSource
J3-2F77
kIRG_KSource
K1-6077
kIRG_TSource
T2-3B27
kIRG_VSource
V0-347E
kRSUnicode
38.9
kTotalStrokes
12
kBigFive
D8C3
kCCCII
217B68
kCNS1986
2-3B27
kCNS1992
2-3B27
kGB5
3228
kGB8
1432
kJIS0213
1,15,87
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8292
kTGH
2013:7453
kXerox
324:267
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+16831+38.3.9
kCantonese
mei5
kDefinition
beautiful
kFanqie
無鄙
kHangul
미:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21068.150:měi
kJapanese
ビ ミ
kJapaneseKun
MIMEYOI
kJapaneseOn
BI MI
kKorean
MI
kMandarin
měi
kTGHZ2013
246.170:měi
kVietnamese
mẹ

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 媄0forms using this shape1attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
女 beside 美 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam
Source notation ^⿰女美$(GHTJKV)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰女美$(GHTJKV)

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