美
beautiful, beauty
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Nanori (名乗り)
Stroke Order
9 / 9
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:9
JLPT:3
Frequency:462
Vocabulary
ビ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 賛美 | サンビ | praise; glorification; extolment |
| 美化 | ビカ | beautification; glorification |
| 美学 | ビガク | esthetics; aesthetics |
| 美術 | ビジュツ | art; fine arts |
| 美術館 | ビジュツカン | art museum; art gallery |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 美事 | みごと | splendid; magnificent; excellent; fine; superb; beautiful; admirable; utter (esp. defeat); total; complete; something worth seeing; sight; spectacle |
| 美 | び | beauty |
| 美しい | うつくしい | beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.) |
| 美味しい | おいしい | good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable |
| 美味しい | オイシイ | good(-tasting); nice; delicious; tasty; attractive (offer, opportunity, etc.); appealing; convenient; favorable; desirable; profitable |
Visually Similar Kanji
These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
兼
and, beforehand, concurrently, in advance
Grade 8JLPT 1
差
balance, difference, discrepancy, distinction, margin, variation
Grade 4JLPT 3
義
honor, justice, loyalty, meaning, morality, righteousness
Grade 5JLPT 1
業
arts, business, performance, vocation
Grade 3JLPT 4
敏
agile, alert, cleverness
Grade 8JLPT 1
俵
bag, bale, counter for bags, sack
Grade 6JLPT 1
徒
emptiness, ephemeral thing, futility, gang, junior, on foot, party, people, set, uselessness, vanity
Grade 4JLPT 3
娠
pregnancy, with child
Grade 8JLPT 1
装
attire, disguise, dress, pretend, profess
Grade 6JLPT 2
寒
cold
Grade 3JLPT 3