美 měi beautiful

Made up of [羊 yáng sheep; goat radical 123, 大 dà big; great; large; very radical 37]

Note

Represents a combination of 'large' and 'sheep' possibly aluding to a peaceful disposition
Number of strokes: 9

Related characters

Also uses 羊 yáng component: 群 qún (group) 鲜 xiān (fresh)
Also uses 大 dà component: 夫 fū (husband) 莫 mò (do not) 奇 qí (strange) 庆 qìng (celebrate) 失 shī (to lose) 太 tài (too) 天 tiān (sky) 头 tóu (head) 央 yāng (center) 夷 yí (barbarians)

Sounds same

每 měi (each)

Different tone

没 méi (have not) 妹 mèi (younger sister)

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Pronunciation

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stroke order for 美

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Proverbs

十全十美 shí quán shí měi Perfection; faultless

Phrases

美国 měi guó America

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