mèi
charming
Evolution
Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 媚
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
bright and beautiful | ||
flatter | ||
lovely | ||
the sun shines brightly (idiom) | ||
to flatter |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*mrəjʔ-s | mijH | mèi | love; flatter |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.6910% of movies
2855th most common character in movies
2291st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+5A9A |
Shuowen | “媚，說也。从女，眉聲。” |
Sources
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