Read Edit View history 𡵂 měi beautiful Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Variant of 美. Pictograph of a person with ornamental headwear. Pinyin Separate values with commas měi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts an ornamental headwear. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 𡵂 Simp strokes 𡵂 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 𡵂 Simp strokes 𡵂 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 𡵂 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 444, 808 ], [ 485, 765 ], [ 475, 625 ], [ 457, 610 ] ], [ [ 237, 701 ], [ 257, 678 ], [ 266, 653 ], [ 257, 540 ], [ 297, 540 ], [ 383, 565 ], [ 565, 603 ], [ 645, 610 ], [ 661, 624 ] ], [ [ 706, 759 ], [ 718, 745 ], [ 732, 709 ], [ 677, 545 ] ], [ [ 129.68, 426.24 ], [ 188.95999999999998, 415.91999999999996 ], [ 711.04, 489.88 ], [ 793.2, 481.28 ] ], [ [ 298.15999999999997, 326.48 ], [ 323.12, 314.44 ], [ 342.88, 293.8 ], [ 338.72, 208.66000000000003 ], [ 322.08, 129.54 ], [ 292.96, 72.78 ], [ 255.51999999999998, 25.47999999999999 ], [ 218.07999999999998, -6.339999999999975 ], [ 154.64, -43.31999999999999 ] ], [ [ 363.68, 325.62 ], [ 401.12, 319.6 ], [ 538.4, 346.26 ], [ 560.24, 344.53999999999996 ], [ 575.84, 332.5 ], [ 543.6, 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893 -45 Q 925 -34 911 -5 Q 886 42 878 116 Q 877 136 869 140 Q 859 145 855 130 Q 826 22 800 4 Q 784 -7 743 -11 Q 642 -17 588 42 Q 540 107 588 258 Q 607 305 640 327 Q 672 348 636 360 Q 620 368 578 379 Q 552 388 525 373 Q 496 357 426 340 Q 391 330 356 327 C 325 323 356 302 388 305 Q 425 308 505 323 Q 521 324 527 319 Q 536 308 520 203 Q 497 14 608 -42 Q 633 -53 665 -64 Q 771 -95 893 -45 Z" ] } 6 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.