• 151st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.14% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 301 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. měi (Mei3)the Americas • abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1] • USA • abbr. for 美國|美国[Mei3 guo2]
2. měi (mei3)beautiful • very satisfactory • good • to be pleased with oneself

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

完美 
精美 
美人 
美国 (美國)
美女 
美好 
美食 
美丽 (美麗)

Uncommon

优美 (優美)
北美 
十全十美 
唯美 
审美 (審美)
爱美 (愛美)
凄美 (淒美)
甜美 
美人计 (美人計)
美元 
美化 
美味 
美国人 (美國人)
美妙 
美容 
美德 
美感 
美景 
美满 (美滿)
美白 
美眉 
美瞳 
美术 (美術)
美貌 
美军 (美軍)
美金 
臭美 
赞美 (讚美)
鲜美 (鮮美)

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  • 821st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 105 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. ōu (Ou1)Europe • abbr. for 歐洲|欧洲[Ou1 zhou1] • surname Ou
2. ōu (ou1)(used for transliteration) • old variant of 謳|讴[ou1]

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for ōu (ou1)The component is pronounced as '' (qu1). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

欧元 (歐元)
欧元区 (歐元區)
欧洲 (歐洲)
欧盟 (歐盟)

Uncommon

北欧 (北歐)
南欧 (南歐)
卡西欧 (卡西歐)
东欧 (東歐)
欧亚 (歐亞)
欧宝 (歐寶)
欧巴桑 (歐巴桑)
欧式 (歐式)
欧文 (歐文)
欧洲人 (歐洲人)
欧洲杯 (歐洲杯)
欧芹 (歐芹)
欧莱雅 (歐萊雅)
欧阳 (歐陽)
欧阳修 (歐陽修)
碧欧泉 (碧歐泉)
罗密欧 (羅密歐)
美欧 (美歐)
西欧 (西歐)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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