| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- mi
Spanish
- belleza
- bello
Portuguese
- beleza
- bela
French
- beauté
- beau, belle
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2074 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 醜 【シュウ】 ugliness, shame, disgrace
- 醜女 【シュウジョ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
- 老醜 【ロウシュウ】 ugliness of old age
- 美醜 【ビシュウ】 beauty or ugliness, personal appearance, looks
Kun reading compounds
- 醜い 【みにくい】 ugly, unattractive, bad-looking, unsightly, unseemly, disgraceful, shameful, dishonorable
- みにくいアヒルの子 【みにくいあひるのこ】 ugly duckling
- 醜 【しこ】 ugly, repulsive, detestable, contemptible, unworthy, insignificant, humble, strong and frightening thing
- 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
Readings
- Korean:
- chu
Spanish
- feo
- mal aspecto
- innoble
- vergüenza
Portuguese
- sujo
- feio
- vergonha
- má aparência
French
- laid
- malpropre
- hideux
- honteux
| 1359 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1969 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4798 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1703 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1839 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1527 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1628 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1755 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1798 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2058 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1082 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1469 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2039 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 39969 | Morohashi |
| 1629 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6189 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2020 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2176 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1890 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3257 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7e10.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-10 | SKIP code |
| 1661.3 | Four corner code |
| 1-29-25 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 919c | Unicode hex code |