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1. Beautiful
2. Beautiful Heart / Beautiful Spirit
3. Beauty / Beautiful / Handsome
6. Beautiful Life / Life in Perfect Harmony
7. Beautiful Heart / Beautiful Mind
10. Beautiful Sight
13. Beautiful Soul
14. Beautiful Spirit
15. Beautiful Mind
17. Beauty / Beautiful Princess
18. Goddess of Beauty / Beautiful Spirit
20. Life is Good / Life is Beautiful
21. The Good Life / Beautiful Life
22. Life is Good / Life is Beautiful
23. Princess
24. Elegant / Exquisite / Grace
25. Eternal Beauty
26. Mermaid
27. Meiya
28. Pink Color
29. Clever / Superb / Wonderful
30. Monkey King
32. Beauty: The art of makeup / cosmetics
33. Four Noble Truths: Elimination of Desire or Attachment
34. Serendipity / Nice Coincidence
35. Iris Flower
36. Win / Victory
37. Mi Guk Kwan
38. Gem
美麗 is a two-character word used often in Chinese, old Korean, and ancient Japanese to express beauty.
I've had a few requests for a "two-character beautiful" and this is by far the best word. 美麗 is not a common word for an Asian person to want on a wall scroll. However, you will see it commonly used as an adjective in phrases, stories, and titles throughout magazines and signage in China.
美麗 can also be translated as gorgeous or lovely.
Note: 美麗 is not commonly used in modern Japan.
美 is often used to describe the beauty of a woman.
However, when applied to a man, it can mean handsome. It's also the first character in the word for "beauty salon" which you will see all over China and Japan.
This can be used as the given name for a girl (spell it or say it as "Mei" or "May").
For a bit of trivia: The title for the "USA" in Chinese is "Mei Guo" which literally means "Beautiful Country". This name was bestowed at a time before Chairman Mao came to power and decided that China didn't like the USA anymore (even though we fought together against the Japanese in WWII). But these days, Chinese people love Americans (but have distaste for American politics and policy). But I digress...
美 is also how "Beautiful" is written in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja. 美 can also mean: very satisfactory; good; to be pleased with oneself; abbreviation for the USA; fine; handsome; admirable; madhura; sweet; pleasant.
美德 written in Chinese or Korean Hanja can also mean "grace of character" or "noble virtue".
There is a slight variation in the modern Japanese Kanji form of the second character. If you want the modern Japanese version, please click on the special Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note that the traditional Chinese form is still readable and understood by Japanese people (
it’s
the ancient Japanese form anyway).
These two characters create a word that means, "harmonious" or, "in perfect harmony".
The deeper meaning or more natural translation would be something like, "beautiful life".
The first character means peace and harmony.
The second character means beautiful. But in this case, when combined with the first character, beautiful refers to being satisfied with what you have in your life. This can be having good relations, good feelings, comfort, and having enough (with no feeling of wanting).
Note: In Japanese, this is often used as the name "Wami." This title is probably more appropriate if your audience is Chinese.
美麗的女人 is the best and most polite way to express "beautiful woman" in Chinese.
Note: Some people may like the simple 2-character 美女 way to express this but there are some bad connotations with that, so better to stay with this longer and more respectful title.
See Also: Beauty
This can be translated as beautiful view, beautiful scenery, or beautiful sight.
Note: Not a commonly used word in modern Japanese.
美麗的公主 is how to write beautiful princess in Chinese.
The first two characters mean feminine beauty or rather a way to say beautiful that only applies to women. The middle character is just a connecting character. The last two characters mean princess.
See Also: Queen
We don't really have a word like this in English but these two characters create a word that means "strong and beautiful". It could also be translated as "healthy and beautiful".
Note: 健美 is a word in Chinese and Korean but it's also the family name Takemi in Japanese. The characters hold the same meaning in Japanese but It's kind of like having the English name Stillwell, when few people would perceive the meanings of still and well.
While this means mirror in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja, it's commonly used as a metaphor for something beautiful and bright or something that provides clarity and insight.
媛 means, a beauty; beautiful (woman); princess; young lady of noble birth; girl; small & lovely.
媛 is used a bit more commonly in Chinese than Japanese.
Note: This can be the female given name "Hime" in Japanese.
In Chinese, this means Goddess of Beauty.
The first character means beauty or beautiful.
The second character means spirit (can also mean god, goddess, or soul).
Some will use this as a short way to say, "Beautiful Spirit".
This has a similar meaning in Japanese but is used more often as a female given name in Japan. As a Japanese given name, it can be pronounced Mikami, Mikan, or Binasu.
日本晴 is a Japanese Kanji title that means beautiful weather, clear and cloudless sky, or clear weather.
It's a little odd but if you literally-translated this phrase, it says, "Japanese weather", as if that was an indication of perfect weather (maybe a little arrogant on behalf of Japan - I've experienced a monsoon there, which was unpleasant).
This means "life is good", "life is great", or "life is beautiful" in Japanese.
The first two characters mean "life" (as in your or a human lifespan).
The third character kind of means "is".
The last five characters are a long adjective that means wonderful, splendid, and/or magnificent. In the context of life it reads more like good or beautiful.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Beyond elegant and exquisite elegance, this is also the word used to say "beautiful" or "marvelous" when referring to a work of art.
Can also be translated as exquisiteness, gracefulness.
Note: Not a commonly used word in Japanese.
The meanings for 妙 include: clever; wonderful; strange; unusual; superb; excellent; beautiful; mystic; supernatural; profound; mysterious; good; surpassing; fine, lovely, charming; special; outstanding; incomparable.
As you can see, this single character can mean a lot of things (a bit ambiguous).
美猴王 is the specific title for "Monkey King".
A character made famous by the ancient novel, Journey to the West.
It literally means "Handsome/Beautiful Monkey King".
See Also: Monkey Fist | Drunken Monkey
In Chinese, 美容 is the title for the art of beauty, as applying makeup or cosmetics to enhance beauty.
Note: In Japanese and Korean, this takes the meaning of beautiful face or beauty of figure or form. Be sure you know who your audience is, and have matched the desired meaning.
Once you eliminate desire or attachment to worldly things, only then can you achieve enlightenment.
Realize that things are impermanent. That fancy car, beautiful spouse, big house, and impressive career are things you can't take with you. These things are a flash in the pan compared to the infinite span of history, generations to come, time, and space.
This term is exclusively used by devout Buddhists. It is not a common term, and is remains an unknown concept to most Japanese, Korean, and Chinese people.
See Also: Buddhism | Enlightenment
素敵な偶然 is a common way to express serendipity in Japanese.
The first two characters mean nice, lovely, dreamy, beautiful, great, fantastic, superb, or cool.
In the middle is a Japanese Hiragana character that serves to connect these words/ideas together.
The last two Kanji mean incidentally, by chance, randomly, unexpectedly, suddenly, accident, fortuity, or by coincidence.
鳶尾花 is the title for the iris flower in Chinese and Japanese.
If your name happens to be Iris, this is a beautiful way to express your name by meaning in both of these languages (it will mean your name but not sound like your name).
Can also mean wall iris, roof iris, or Iris tectorum.
Note: There are other titles for specific iris varieties - contact us if you need something special.
This single character means to win or be victorious.
This can also be translated: To overcome; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb.
In other context, this can mean: Beautiful (scenery); scenic spot; scenic beauty.
In Taiwanese Mandarin, this can be pronounced with the first tone (sheng1) and mean: Able to bear; equal to (a task).
In Japan, this can also be the name Masaru.
In Korea, this has the same meaning but can also be the surname Sŭng.
美國館 is a Korean Hanja title, which roughly means, "U.S. School".
The first two characters mean "USA" (literally: Beautiful Kingdom/Country).
The last character means, "school", "building", "schoolroom" in this context.
This "Mi Guk Kwan" title is used to mean, "The American School of Tang Soo Do".
If you want this in modern Korean Hangul, just click the Hangul in the pronunciation box next to the Korean flag above.
珠玉 is a Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja word meaning gem.
Beyond just the word gem, this can refer to pearls and jades, jewels, a clever remark, beautiful writing, gems of wisdom, genius, or an outstanding person.
If your name is Gem, this is a nice way to represent your name in 3 Asian languages. Though the pronunciation will be far from Gem, the meaning of gem is really nice.
Note: In Japanese, this is sometimes used as the female given name, "Tama".
Any woman with affection for Asian art and you will love a gift of this Chinese proverb calligraphy on a wall scroll.
She will melt in your arms as you tell her the meaning of these characters.
Contained in this phrase is a reference to the most beautiful woman in Chinese history. Her name was Xi Shi, and she was known to have good looks that need not fine robes or makeup. Her charms were so powerful that she brought down an entire kingdom (in a successful effort to bring honor and pride back to her people).
情人眼里出西施 is a great way to express that the woman in your life is your one love.
華 means blooming flowers or splendid China.
華 is really open to interpretation. 華 meant flowers or blooming in ancient China. It still has that meaning in Japanese, and Buddhist context.
In modern China, this means glorious, beautiful, splendid, magnificent, or the best part of something. It can also refer to the country of China or something Chinese (such as people - overseas Chinese are often called "hua ren"). 華 is also a surname in China.
In Japanese, this can be the female given name "Ririka". It's also the short name for a certain kind of playing cards in Japan.
In Korean, This can be the surname "Hwa". While it also means splendid, flowery, or the country of China in Korean.
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Beautiful | 美麗 美丽 | birei | měi lí / mei3 li2 / mei li / meili | |
Beautiful Heart Beautiful Spirit | 美麗的心靈 美丽的心灵 | měi lì de xīn líng mei3 li4 de xin1 ling2 mei li de xin ling meilidexinling | mei li te hsin ling meilitehsinling |
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Beauty Beautiful Handsome | 美 | bi | měi / mei3 / mei | |
Beautiful Soul | 美麗的靈魂 美丽的灵魂 | měi lì de líng hún mei3 li4 de ling2 hun2 mei li de ling hun meilidelinghun | mei li te ling hun meilitelinghun |
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Beautiful Soul | 美魂 | bi tamashi / bitamashi | ||
Beautiful Virtue | 美德 美德 / 美徳 | bitoku | měi dé / mei3 de2 / mei de / meide | mei te / meite |
Beautiful Life Life in Perfect Harmony | 和美 | wa mi / wami | hé měi / he2 mei3 / he mei / hemei | ho mei / homei |
Beautiful Heart Beautiful Mind | 美しい心 | utsukushii kokoro utsukushiikokoro utsukushi kokoro utsukushikokoro | ||
Beautiful Girl | 美麗的姑娘 美丽的姑娘 | měi lì de gū niang mei3 li4 de gu1 niang mei li de gu niang meilideguniang | mei li te ku niang meilitekuniang |
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Beautiful Woman | 美麗的女人 美丽的女人 | měi lì de nǚ rén mei3 li4 de nv3 ren2 mei li de nv ren meilidenvren | mei li te nü jen meilitenüjen |
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Beautiful Sight | 美景 | bi kei / bikei | měi jǐng / mei3 jing3 / mei jing / meijing | mei ching / meiching |
Beautiful Princess | 美麗的公主 美丽的公主 | měi lì de gōng zhǔ mei3 li4 de gong1 zhu3 mei li de gong zhu meilidegongzhu | mei li te kung chu meilitekungchu |
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Strong and Beautiful | 健美 | takemi | jiàn měi / jian4 mei3 / jian mei / jianmei | chien mei / chienmei |
Beautiful Soul | 美しい魂 | utsukushii tamashii utsukushiitamashii utsukushi tamashi utsukushitamashi | ||
Beautiful Spirit | 美しい精神 | utsukushi seishin utsukushiseishin | ||
Beautiful Mind | 美麗心靈 美丽心灵 | měi lì xīn líng mei3 li4 xin1 ling2 mei li xin ling meilixinling | mei li hsin ling meilihsinling |
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Mirror: Beautiful Clarity | 明鏡 明镜 | mei kyou / meikyou / mei kyo / meikyo | míng jìng ming2 jing4 ming jing mingjing | ming ching mingching |
Beauty Beautiful Princess | 媛 | hime / haru | yuàn / yuan4 / yuan | yüan |
Goddess of Beauty Beautiful Spirit | 美神 | mikami | měi shén / mei3 shen2 / mei shen / meishen | |
Beautiful Clear Sky | 日本晴 | nihonbare | ||
Life is Good Life is Beautiful | 人生は素晴らしい | jinsei wa subarashii jinseiwasubarashii jinsei wa subarashi jinseiwasubarashi | ||
The Good Life Beautiful Life | 美好的生活 | měi hǎo de shēng huó mei3 hao3 de sheng1 huo2 mei hao de sheng huo meihaodeshenghuo | mei hao te sheng huo meihaoteshenghuo |
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Life is Good Life is Beautiful | 生活美好 | shēng huó měi hǎo sheng1 huo2 mei3 hao3 sheng huo mei hao shenghuomeihao | ||
Princess | 王女 | oujo / ojo | ||
Elegant Exquisite Grace | 美妙 | bimyou / bimyo | měi miào / mei3 miao4 / mei miao / meimiao | |
Eternal Beauty | 永恆的美 永恒的美 | yǒng héng de měi yong3 heng2 de mei3 yong heng de mei yonghengdemei | yung heng te mei yunghengtemei |
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Mermaid | 美人魚 美人鱼 | měi rén yú mei3 ren2 yu2 mei ren yu meirenyu | mei jen yü meijenyü |
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Meiya | 美亞 美亚 | měi yà / mei3 ya4 / mei ya / meiya | ||
Pink Color | 粉色 | fěn sè / fen3 se4 / fen se / fense | ||
Clever Superb Wonderful | 妙 | myou / myo | miào / miao4 / miao | |
Monkey King | 美猴王 | měi hóu wáng mei3 hou2 wang2 mei hou wang meihouwang | ||
Truth Goodness and Beauty | 真善美 | shin zen bi shinzenbi | zhēn shàn měi zhen1 shan4 mei3 zhen shan mei zhenshanmei | chen shan mei chenshanmei |
Beauty: The art of makeup cosmetics | 美容 | biyou / biyo | měi róng / mei3 rong2 / mei rong / meirong | mei jung / meijung |
Four Noble Truths: Elimination of Desire or Attachment | 滅諦 灭谛 | mettai | miè dì / mie4 di4 / mie di / miedi | mieh ti / miehti |
Serendipity Nice Coincidence | 素敵な偶然 | Su teki na guu zen Sutekinaguuzen Su teki na gu zen Sutekinaguzen | ||
Iris Flower | 鳶尾花 鸢尾花 | ichi hatsu hana ichihatsuhana | yuān wěi huā yuan1 wei3 hua1 yuan wei hua yuanweihua | yüan wei hua yüanweihua |
Win Victory | 勝 胜 | shou / sho | shèng / sheng4 / sheng | |
Mi Guk Kwan | 美國館 美国馆 | měi guó guǎn mei3 guo2 guan3 mei guo guan meiguoguan | mei kuo kuan meikuokuan |
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Gem | 珠玉 | shugyoku | zhū yù / zhu1 yu4 / zhu yu / zhuyu | chu yü / chuyü |
You are always a beauty in your lover’s eyes | 情人眼里出西施 | qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī qing2 ren2 yan3 li3 chu1 xi1 shi1 qing ren yan li chu xi shi qingrenyanlichuxishi | ch`ing jen yen li ch`u hsi shih chingjenyenlichuhsishih ching jen yen li chu hsi shih |
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Flowers Blooming Splendid China | 華 华 | ririka | huá / hua2 / hua | |
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