Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
sheep 羊 (⺶)
Parts:
beauty, beautiful
Kun:
うつく.しい
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 美 【ビ】 beauty
  • 美意識 【ビイシキ】 sense of beauty, aesthetic sense
  • 華美 【カビ】 splendor, splendour, gorgeousness, pomp, magnificence, showiness, gaudiness, extravagance, luxury
  • 造形美 【ゾウケイビ】 beauty of form (oft. used of nature), beauty of a sculpted shape
  • 御 【ミ】 august, beautiful
  • 見事 【ミゴト】 splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable, utter (esp. defeat), total, complete, something worth seeing, sight, spectacle
  • 水野亜美 【ミズノアミ】 Ami Mizuno (Sailor Moon character)
  • 伊邪那美 【イザナミ】 Izanami (Shinto goddess)

Kun reading compounds

  • 美しい 【うつくしい】 beautiful, pretty, lovely, sweet, pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

Readings

Japanese names:
はる、 よし、 よしみ、 り
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei3
Korean:
mi

Spanish

  • belleza
  • bello

Portuguese

  • beleza
  • bela

French

  • beauté
  • beau, belle
308 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
398 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
376 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
289 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3658 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
268 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
833 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
923 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.19 Japanese for Busy People
401 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
405 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
673 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1566 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2817 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1451 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1955 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
554 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
28435 Morohashi
2264 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4660 New Nelson (John Haig)
548 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
587 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
339 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
343 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
963 2001 Kanji
2o7.4 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-6 SKIP code
4-9-4 SKIP code
2-6-3 SKIP code
8043.1 Four corner code
1-40-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7f8e Unicode hex code

14 strokes
Radical:
step
Parts:
Variants:
benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
On:
トク
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1091 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 徳 【トク】 virtue, benevolence, profit, benefit, advantage
  • 徳義 【トクギ】 morals, morality, sincerity
  • 高徳 【コウトク】 eminent virtue
  • 大徳 【ダイトク】 great virtue, virtuous priest, priest, rich person

Readings

Japanese names:
あつ、 なる、 のり、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
de2
Korean:
deog

Spanish

  • benevolencia
  • virtud
  • moralidad
  • beneficioso
  • rentable

Portuguese

  • benevolência
  • virtude
  • bondade
  • comandando respeito

French

  • bienveillance
  • vertu
  • bonté
  • respectable
851 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
783 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
762 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
839 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1633 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
592 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1284 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2063 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1038 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1079 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
644 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
637 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
842 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
486 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
623 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
894 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10237P Morohashi
684 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1767 New Nelson (John Haig)
885 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
950 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
801 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2058 2001 Kanji
3i11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
2423.6 Four corner code
1-38-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5fb3 Unicode hex code