Memory phrase for the character: 美

美

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Meaning

beauty, fine

Pronunciation

 BI
utsukushii

Explanation

 Top: sheep 羊 (The horned 丷 animal with a backbone 丨 and laterally protruding due to thick wool 三 is the: sheep), below: big 大

Mnemonic
 
A sheep of this big size is beautiful!

Radicals

羊 sheepPictogram of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
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 Vocabulary

美 び  beauty
美しい うつくしい  beautiful, lovely
美術館 びじゅつかん  art gallery, art museum
優美 ゆうび  grace, refinement, elegance
美人 びじん  beautiful person (woman)
美容 びよう  beauty of figure or form
美術 びじゅつ  art, fine arts
褒美 ほうび  reward, prize
賛美 さんび  praise, adoration, glorification

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