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美

Kanji 美: meaning "beautiful", readings, stroke order

The kanji 美 means "beautiful". On'yomi: ビ; kun'yomi: うつくしい. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
beautiful
On'yomi
ビ
Kun'yomi
うつくしい
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 美

  • 美味しい おいしい — Delicious
  • 美術館 びじゅつかん — Art museum
  • 美しい うつくしい — beautiful, lovely
  • 美人 びじん — beautiful person (woman)
  • 美容 びよう — beauty of figure or form
  • 賛美 さんび — praise, adoration, glorification
  • 褒美 ほうび — reward, prize
  • 優美 ゆうび — grace, refinement, elegance
  • 美 び — beauty
  • 美術 びじゅつ — art, fine arts

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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