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; …

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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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Unicode: U+7F8E
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