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美 měi — “beautiful”
How to write and say the Chinese character 美 (měi), which means beautiful — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Colours & describing.
Pinyin · 拼音 měi
Meaning · 意思 beautiful
Strokes · 笔画 9
Radical · 部首 羊 (sheep)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
美 is written with 9 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: a person 大 wearing an elegant crown 羊.
A common word常用词
美丽
beautiful
Example sentence例句
公园里风景很美。
The park is beautiful.
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