媒 = 女 + 某

媒 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “go-between”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 某 (certain thing or person).

Keyword: go-between
Pinyin (Mandarin): méi
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: go-between, matchmaker, посредник, сваха, matchmaker
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 媒 mediator

Decomposition

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女 woman
某 certain thing or person

How to find 媒 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “certain thing or person”. 媒 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 媒 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.