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媚

mèi

attractive, charming; to charm, to flatter

🔤 Pictophonetic: 女 (woman) provides meaning, 眉 provides pronunciation

HSK 12 strokes Common (23%)

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Component Breakdown

Each color represents a different component

eyebrows; upper margin of book

⿰女眉 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

nǚ

女

woman, girl; female

📷 Pictographic: A woman turned to the side

3 strokes HSK 1

méi

眉

eyebrows; upper margin of book

💡 Ideographic: Picture of hair 尸 above an eye 目

9 strokes HSK 5

shī

尸

body, corpse

📷 Pictographic: A man keeled over

3 strokes HSK 6

mù

目

eye; to look, to see; division, topic

📷 Pictographic: An eye drawn on its side

5 strokes HSK 3

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

èr

二

two; twice

💡 Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

2 strokes HSK 1

Words Using 媚 (21)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

charming eyes / coquettish glances

mèiyǎn

媚眼 ↗

charming eyes / coquettish glances

媚外 ↗

mèiwài

to fawn on foreigners / to pander to foreign powers

mèiwài

媚外 ↗

to fawn on foreigners / to pander to foreign powers

to charm / to bewitch

mèihuò

媚惑 ↗

to charm / to bewitch

媚态 ↗

mèitài

seductive appearance / fawning manner

mèitài

媚态 ↗

seductive appearance / fawning manner

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