美DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionaryJumptonavigationJumptosearchSeealso:菐and実美U+7F8E,美CJKUNIFIEDIDEOGRAPH-7F8E←羍[U+7F8D]CJKUnifiedIdeographs羏→[U+7F8F]Contents1Translingual1.1Hancharacter1.1.1Descendants1.1.2Derivedcharacters1.1.3References2Chinese2.1Glyphorigin2.2Etymology2.3Pronunciation2.4Definitions2.4.1Synonyms2.5Compounds2.6Descendants2.7Furtherreading3Japanese3.1Kanji3.1.1Readings3.1.2Compounds3.2Etymology13.2.1Affix3.2.2Noun3.3Etymology23.3.1Affix3.3.2Suffix4Korean4.1Etymology4.2Pronunciation4.3Hanja4.3.1Compounds4.4Propernoun4.4.1Usagenotes4.5References5Vietnamese5.1Hancharacter5.1.1Compounds5.2ReferencesTranslingual[edit]StrokeorderStrokeorderStrokeorder(Japan)Hancharacter[edit]美(radical123,羊+3,9strokes,cangjieinput廿土大(TGK),four-corner80431,composition⿱𦍌大)Descendants[edit]みDerivedcharacters[edit]𡮔,媄,𰌗,𥈢,𠸍,𢱒,𦝺,𣮺,𣈸,鎂(镁),𤧞,𧶾,渼,𪹏,𮊮𣖙䓺,𬗮,𥻙,𠁍,𡎤,嵄,𬒙,𨺰,𮠻,𨸈,𬮎,𠝫,𪻄,𫖿References[edit]KangXi:page951,character10DaiKanwaJiten:character28435DaeJaweon:page1393,character17HanyuDaZidian(firstedition):volume5,page3126,character5UnihandataforU+7F8EChinese[edit]simp.andtrad.美alternativeforms媄羙媺ancient嬍ancientGlyphorigin[edit]Historicalformsofthecharacter美ShangWesternZhouOraclebonescriptBronzeinscriptionsCharactersinthesamephoneticseries(美)(Zhengzhang,2003) OldChinese美*mriʔ渼*mriʔ媄*mriʔPictogram(象形):羊(“goat,sheeporfeathers”)+大(“big”)–apersonwithaheaddressoffeathersorram'shorn;sometimesconsideredasanideogrammiccompound(會意).Etymology[edit]FromProto-Sino-Tibetan*mway(“beautiful,well,perfectly”)(STEDT).AccordingtoSchuessler(2007),cognatewithMizomawi(“beautiful,lovely”),Jingphomoi (“perfectly,beautifully”)aswellasKarbime-(“begood”)andJingphochamai(“good”);theformertwoitemsfrom*moy"beautiful"andthelatterfrom*may"good,well",whichweretworootsreconstructedseparatelybyBenedict(1972).Pronunciation[edit]Mandarin(Standard)(Pinyin):měi(mei3)(Zhuyin):ㄇㄟˇ(Dungan,Cyrillic):мый(mɨy,II)Cantonese(Guangzhou,Jyutping):mei5(Taishan,Wiktionary):mei4Gan(Wiktionary):mi3Hakka(Sixian,PFS):mî(Meix