Chinese Character 美 Meanings and components.

Form

美

Meaning

美 meaning[3] in English

The Americas.

Abbr. For 美洲[Mei3 Zhou1].

Usa.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 美 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are (𦍌) , and big (大)

Its radical[1] is: 羊 (yang2) which means: Surname Yang, .羊yang2surname Yang

In cangjie it is written with TGK

How to write 美

To write美mei3the Americas you should write a combination of 𦍌ren4 , 大da4big arranged in a 吕 shape:

𦍌 + 大 = 美

美 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 美 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 美, looks as follow:

美
Pinyin:mei3 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: The Americas . Abbr. For 美洲[Mei3 Zhou1] . Usa . Abbr. For 美國|美国[Mei3 Guo2]
𦍌
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:*
羊
Pinyin:yang2
Meaning[3]: Surname Yang
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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