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美 = 大 + 羊
美 is a Japanese kanji written with 9 strokes, listed here under the keyword “beauty”. It is built from 大 (large) and 羊 (sheep). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 587. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.
- Keyword
- beauty
- RTK frame
- 587
- Strokes
- 9
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ビ, ミ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- うつく.しい
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- красота
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 美 beautiful
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
Characters that contain 美
How to find 美 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “large” + “sheep”. 美 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 美 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.