眉 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

eyebrow

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • HS
  • JHS
Kun (native)
  • まゆJHS
Other languages
  • 拼音mei2
  • 한글mi
  • Hán-ViệtMy
  • Hán-ViệtMi

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
9 strokes
Radical
目(め)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+7709

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): enclosure ⿸𠃜目

Words using this kanji

  • まゆ(まゆ)眉毛。eyebrow, eyebrows
  • 眉毛まゆげまゆげ、まゆに生えている毛。まみげ。人に対してはまゆと言うだけで、眉毛を示す場合がある。eyebrow
  • 眉宇びうbrow, brows
  • 眉間みけん眉と眉のあいだ。brow, glabella, middle forehead, area between the eyebrows
  • 眉尻まゆじりend of an eyebrow
  • 眉雪びせつsnow-white eyebrows
  • 眉目びもくまゆと目。 容姿。みめ。 名誉。面目。face, looks, features
  • 眉墨まゆずみeyebrow makeup, eyebrow pencil, blackened eyebrows, (metaphorically) distant mountain range
  • 眉庇まびさしvisor, eyeshade
  • 眉唾まゆつばdubious tale, cock-and-bull story, questionable information, taking care not to be fooled
  • 眉白まみじろSiberian thrush (Turdus sibiricus)
  • 眉根まゆねpart of the eyebrow closest to the nose
  • 眉月まゆづき三日月。crescent moon
  • 眉頭まゆがしらthe part of the eyebrows near the middle forehead, inner ends of one's eyebrows
  • 眉斑びはんsuperciliary stripe, supercilium
  • 眉山まゆやまpeak of the arch of an eyebrow
  • 眉唾物まゆつばものdubious tale, cock-and-bull story, questionable information
  • 眉目秀麗びもくしゅうれい顔のかたちが大変すぐれている。眉の形、目の大きさ、顔の造りが良い。handsome
  • 眉を開くまゆをひらくto feel relieved, to forget about one's troubles, to settle into peace of mind
  • 眉白水鶏まみじろくいなwhite-browed crake (species of rail, Porzana cinerea)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(53 results)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
3-4-5
Four Corner
7726.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
5c4.9
Heisig
2045
Nelson
219