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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 a 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; and/or pleasant.
See Also: Beautiful Woman | Beautiful Girl
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. This 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.
躾 is shitsuke which means to discipline, to train, training, or teach manners in Japanese.
躾 means the same thing in Chinese, but not as commonly used.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your mei3 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
美 see styles |
měi mei3 mei bi び |
More info & calligraphy: Beauty / Beautiful / Handsome(n,n-suf) beauty; (personal name) Yomisuru Fine, handsome, beautiful, admirable. madhura, sweet, pleasant. |
健美 see styles |
jiàn měi jian4 mei3 chien mei masami まさみ |
More info & calligraphy: Strong and Beautiful(female given name) Masami |
北美 see styles |
běi měi bei3 mei3 pei mei kitami きたみ |
More info & calligraphy: North America(personal name) Kitami |
南美 see styles |
nán měi nan2 mei3 nan mei minami みなみ |
More info & calligraphy: South America(surname, female given name) Minami |
和美 see styles |
hé měi he2 mei3 ho mei wami わみ |
More info & calligraphy: Beautiful Life / Life in Perfect Harmony(surname, female given name) Wami |
愛美 爱美 see styles |
ài měi ai4 mei3 ai mei rabi らび |
More info & calligraphy: Aimi(female given name) Rabi |
美國 美国 see styles |
měi guó mei3 guo2 mei kuo |
More info & calligraphy: United States of America (USA) |
美妙 see styles |
měi miào mei3 miao4 mei miao bimyou; mimyou(ok) / bimyo; mimyo(ok) びみょう; みみょう(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Elegant / Exquisite / Grace(noun or adjectival noun) elegant; exquisite; (female given name) Mitae beautiful |
美容 see styles |
měi róng mei3 rong2 mei jung biyou / biyo びよう |
More info & calligraphy: Beauty: The art of makeup / cosmetics(1) beauty; good figure; (beautiful) appearance; (beautiful) features; (2) beautification; beauty treatment; beauty culture; cosmetics; (female given name) Miyo |
美德 see styles |
měi dé mei3 de2 mei te |
More info & calligraphy: Beautiful Virtue |
美景 see styles |
měi jǐng mei3 jing3 mei ching bikei / bike びけい |
More info & calligraphy: Beautiful Sightbeautiful scenery; (female given name) Mikage |
美神 see styles |
měi shén mei3 shen2 mei shen bishin びしん |
More info & calligraphy: Goddess of Beauty / Beautiful Spirit(See ヴィーナス・1) god of beauty; goddess of beauty; Venus; (female given name) Mikan |
美麗 美丽 see styles |
měi lì mei3 li4 mei li birei / bire びれい |
More info & calligraphy: Beautiful(noun or adjectival noun) beautiful; gorgeous; (female given name) Mirei |
真善美 see styles |
zhēn shàn měi zhen1 shan4 mei3 chen shan mei shinzenbi しんぜんび |
More info & calligraphy: Truth Goodness and Beautythe true, the good, and the beautiful; (female given name) Mazemi |
美人魚 美人鱼 see styles |
měi rén yú mei3 ren2 yu2 mei jen yü |
More info & calligraphy: Mermaid |
美國人 美国人 see styles |
měi guó rén mei3 guo2 ren2 mei kuo jen |
More info & calligraphy: American |
美容師 美容师 see styles |
měi róng shī mei3 rong2 shi1 mei jung shih biyoushi / biyoshi びようし |
More info & calligraphy: Beautician / Hairdresserbeautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist |
美容店 see styles |
měi róng diàn mei3 rong2 dian4 mei jung tien biyouten / biyoten びようてん |
More info & calligraphy: Beauty Shop / Beauty Salon(See 美容院・びよういん,美容室・びようしつ) beauty salon; beauty parlor |
美容院 see styles |
měi róng yuàn mei3 rong2 yuan4 mei jung yüan biyouin / biyoin びよういん |
More info & calligraphy: Beauty Salonbeauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon |
媄 see styles |
měi mei3 mei |
beautiful |
媺 see styles |
měi mei3 mei |
beautiful |
嵄 see styles |
měi mei3 mei |
mountain; hill |
毎 see styles |
měi mei3 mei mai まい |
Japanese variant of 每 (prefix) every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each; (female given name) Mai |
每 see styles |
měi mei3 mei mai |
each; every Each, every. |
浼 see styles |
měi mei3 mei |
to ask a favor of |
渼 see styles |
měi mei3 mei |
ripple pattern |
鎂 镁 see styles |
měi mei3 mei |
magnesium (chemistry) |
七美 see styles |
qī měi qi1 mei3 ch`i mei chi mei nanami ななみ |
Qimei or Chimei township in Penghu county 澎湖縣|澎湖县[Peng2 hu2 xian4] (Pescadores Islands), Taiwan (surname, female given name) Nanami |
中美 see styles |
zhōng měi zhong1 mei3 chung mei nakami なかみ |
China-USA (surname, female given name) Nakami |
二美 see styles |
èr měi er4 mei3 erh mei fumi ふみ |
(female given name) Fumi Two excellent things, i.e. meditation and wisdom. |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Beauty Beautiful Handsome | 美 | bi | měi / mei3 / mei | |
Beautiful | 美麗 美丽 | birei | měi lí / mei3 li2 / mei li / meili | |
Shitsuke | 躾 | shitsuke | ||
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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