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美 — stroke order
Watch how to write 美 (měi) stroke by stroke. 美 has 9 strokes and means “beautiful”. It appears in common words such as 美女 (beautiful woman) and 美好 (beautiful). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 美
The most common words that use 美 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
美女měinǚbeautiful woman美好měihǎobeautiful美麗měilìbeautiful完美wánměiperfect美人měirénbeauty精美jīngměidelicate
How 美 is written
- Radical
- 羊
- Components
- 羊 ＋ 大
- Formation
- Ideographic — A person 大 wearing an elegant crown 羊.