Zi:美
美 [měi] 美丽 beautiful; 美术 fine arts; 美国 U.S.; 美元 U.S. dollar; (HDZ:) 味道可口; 形貌好看; …
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
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The Shuōwén Seal form of 美 měi ‘beautiful’ (SW: 甘 ‘sweet/delicious’) combines 𦍌/羊 (yáng) ‘sheep/lamb’, over 大 (dà) ‘big’; a fat/tasty lamb.
Compare: 善(𧨅) shàn ‘good’, 羔(𦍚羙) ‘lamb’.
Compare: 媄 měi ‘delicately beautiful’; 好 hǎo ‘beautiful (woman)’.
HDZ: 美 : měi : (甲) …疑象人饰羊首之形; 味道可口; 形貌好看; 素质优良; 优美, 艺术性强; 精, 质量高; 肥沃; 景物佳胜; 茂盛; 丰收; 成长, 成熟; 贵重; 完美, 淳良; 巨大业绩; …
►references: Guǎngyùn:247.16; Karlgren:GSR568a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3126.5; Lindqvist:128; Mathews:4406; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:951.10; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:129.0.07; Wáng(1993):180; EDOC:1
►components: 𦍌大羊⺷
►Cantonese: meih/
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<comp char='羊' uni='7F8A' variant='7' points='8,0 120,66' />
<comp char='大' uni='5927' points='0,74 128,128' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='羊' uni='7F8A' variant='7' points='0,0 128,124'>
<comp char='丷' uni='4E37' points='26,0 100,38' />
<comp char='王' uni='738B' points='0,44 128,128' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='丷' uni='4E37' points='32,16 96,64' radical='D1 K12 Q'>
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<stroke type='p' points='128,6 84,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='王' uni='738B' points='8,8 120,120' radical='Q'>
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<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='大' uni='5927'>
<stroke type='h' points='8,40 120,40' />
<stroke type='wp' points='64,0 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='n' points='70,40 128,128' head='cut' />
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+7F8E
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