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美

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미

부수: 羊
획수: 9획

美 has the meanings beautiful, good things and America.

美 = 𦍌 + 大

X = semantic (distortion) + semantic

• 𦍌 is a distortion of an earlier form that depicted a headdress made of feathers. This represents the meaning ‘beautiful’.
• 大 depicts a standing person and means ‘adult person’.

Evolution:
美 = beautiful ➔ kind ➔ good things ➔ America

Mnemonic

Imagine you’re at the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro admiring the beautiful samba-dancing women 大 wearing flamboyant feather headdresses 𦍌 costumes.

Vocab

beautiful
美人	미인	beautiful woman
美女	미녀	beautiful woman
美貌	미모	pretty features
美麗	미려	beauty; gracefulness
美術	미술	fine arts
美的	미적	aesthetic
美觀	미관	fine view; beautiful sight
美容室	미용실	hairdresser’s
美化員	미화원	street cleaner
good things
讚美	찬미	praise; compliment
美風	미풍	good manners
美名	미명	honourable name
美德	미덕	virtue
甘美	감미	sweet taste
美談	미담	moving story
歎美	탄미	admiration
不美	불미	bad; unfavourable
America
美國	미국	the United States of America
北美	북미	North America
南美	남미	South America
韓美	한미	Korea and America
美製	미제	American made
美軍	미군	American soldier
反美	반미	anti-American
對美	대미	being connected with the United States

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