媚

Translingual

Han character

媚 (radical 38 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女日竹山 (VAHU), four-corner 4746₇, composition ⿰女眉)

1. charming, attractive
2. flatter

References

• KangXi: page 267, character 7
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6513
• Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1069, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5A9A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

媚 (jyutping mei4, mei6, Yale mei4, mei6)

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Japanese

Kanji

媚 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

Readings

• On: び (bi)
• Kun: こ-ぶ (ko-bu), こび (kobi), こ-びる (ko-biru), こ-ばむ (ko-bamu)

Compounds

• 媚薬 (びやく, biyaku): a aphrodisiac

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Korean

Hanja

媚 (hangeul 미, revised mi, McCune-Reischauer mi)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

媚 (pinyin mèi (mei4), Wade-Giles mei⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

媚 (mị)