美 — beauty, beautiful

美
Meaning
beauty, beautiful
On reading
ビbiミmi
Kun reading
うつくしいutsukushii
Strokes
9
Learned in
Grade 3 of elementary school in Japan

美 in names

When I turn a name into kanji, I use 美 for the sound “hi” (ひ), “mi” (み), “bi” (び), “mya” (みゃ), “bya” (びゃ), “myu” (みゅ) or “byu” (びゅ).

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). Meanings and readings from KANJIDIC2 © EDRDG (CC BY-SA 4.0).