Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
美
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 12 forms
女
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 15 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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「克里奥帕特拉」这个名字已经成为了美女的代名词。
The name "Cleopatra" has become a byword for a beautiful woman.
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你认识那个美女吗?
Do you know that nice-looking girl?
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在酒吧有没有美女找你搭讪?
Did any cute girls talk to you at the bar?
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我是个化妆师,每当我把一个姑娘变成大美女。
I'm a make-up artist. I can turn any girl into a beautiful woman.
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有美女,会好多了。
It will be far better if there were some pretty girls.
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纯子是一个美女。
Junko is a beautiful girl.