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眉

méi

eyebrows

Depicts hair above the eye (目).

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts eyebrows.

目 iconic component

目  Iconic component

mù

  

eye

Evolution

眉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
眉 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
眉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
眉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

眉  

méi

eyebrows; upper margin of book; eyebrow; upper margin

Most common words with 眉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

眉

eyebrow

眉毛

eyebrow

眉头

brows

皱眉

to frown

迫在眉睫

pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom); imminent

Component uses

Sound component in 9 characters (2 verified)

履 蔑 媚 湄 嵋 楣 镅 鹛 猸

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

履 蔑

Remnant component in 1 character (1 verified)

履

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*mr[ə][r]

mij

méi

eyebrow


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 8.5696% of movies

2138th most common character in movies

1460th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+7709

Shuowen

“眉，目上毛也。从目，象眉之形，上象頟理也。”


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