méi
crossbeam above or under gate
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 楣
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
lintel | ||
lintel (of a door) | ||
to have bad luck | ||
fig. to bring honor to one's family | ||
lintel |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4048th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+6963 |
Shuowen | “楣，秦名屋聯也。齊謂之檐，楚謂之梠。从木，眉聲。” |
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