<p>「美」</p>

<p>This character is written as "mei3" in pinyin and is pronounced similarly to the English word "May" (like the month). </p>

<p>It generally means "beautiful".</p>

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2016-07-12T06:13:15.110Z
2016-07-12T06:13:15.110Z
sazarando
<p>This Chinese character means "beauty" or "good". The pinyin of this word is měi. </p>

<p>You can make the common Chinese phrases, such as 
"美丽" měi lì （beautiful）; 
"美国" měi guó (America); 
"美味" měi wèi (delicious).</p>

<p>The stroke order is
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/m27u5.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/m27u5.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>If you think it's so hard to remember this Chinese character, you can see this video and learn how to learn Chinese Characters by associative memory.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtH96dJdUpk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtH96dJdUpk</a></p>

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2016-08-10T06:45:24.017Z
There are actually two stories of origin of the character ‘美’.http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/article/daily-chinese-learning-tips/chinese-vocabulary-about-beauty/
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2016-07-12T10:45:53.290Z
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greglow
<p>It means beauty/beautiful in Chinese, and it's spelling is měi, the third tone.</p>

<p>To better memorize it, you can take a look of my project before that has a transformation from its English letters to Chinese character.</p>

<p><a href="http://gracegotlost.com/6-Steps-to-BEAUTY" rel="nofollow">http://gracegotlost.com/6-Steps-to-BEAUTY</a></p>

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2016-07-12T06:14:49.220Z
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Gracegotlost
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/6vWBT.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/6vWBT.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>I saw a random image of Chinese character. Can someone tell me what letter it is. I had often seen it as a mysterious symbol. So where does one use this symbol? Is it spiritual or zen kind of symbol?</p>

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what does this symbol mean in chinese?
# what does this symbol mean in chinese?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-12)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/6vWBT.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/6vWBT.png)

I saw a random image of Chinese character. Can someone tell me what letter it is. I had often seen it as a mysterious symbol. So where does one use this symbol? Is it spiritual or zen kind of symbol?

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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2016-07-12. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

「美」

This character is written as "mei3" in pinyin and is pronounced similarly to the English word "May" (like the month).

It generally means "beautiful".


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### Answer by username_2 on 2016-07-12. Score: 1

This Chinese character means "beauty" or "good". The pinyin of this word is měi.

You can make the common Chinese phrases, such as
"美丽" měi lì （beautiful）;
"美国" měi guó (America);
"美味" měi wèi (delicious).

The stroke order is
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/m27u5.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/m27u5.png)

If you think it's so hard to remember this Chinese character, you can see this video and learn how to learn Chinese Characters by associative memory.<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtH96dJdUpk>

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: There are actually two stories of origin of the character ‘美’.http://www.hanbridgemandarin.com/article/daily-chinese-learning-tips/chinese-vocabulary-about-beauty/  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2016-07-12. Score: 0

It means beauty/beautiful in Chinese, and it's spelling is měi, the third tone.

To better memorize it, you can take a look of my project before that has a transformation from its English letters to Chinese character.

<http://gracegotlost.com/6-Steps-to-BEAUTY>


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