9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N3

beauty, beautiful

Kun'yomi
  • beautiful
On'yomi
  • beauty
  • august ②beautiful
Nanori
  • はる
  • よし
  • よしみ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Variants

Reading Commonality

42.7%
うつくしい 32.1%
よし 14.0%
11.2%

Character Breakdown

beauty, beautiful
ビ うつく.しい よし (3rd, N3)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

beauty
beautiful woman
gourmet food ②dining on gourmet food
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
beautiful sky
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References

Unicode hex code 7F8E
JIS X 0208 1-40-94
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 3658
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 4660
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 2264
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Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 405
Sakade, F. A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 308
Hodges & Okazaki Japanese Kanji Flashcards 833
Henshall & De Groot A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese, 3rd ed. 398
Kask, A. Tuttle Kanji Cards 343
Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 339
Nishiguchi & Kono Kanji in Context 673
AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 3.19
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1566
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 554
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2o7.4
Four corner code 8043.1
De Roo Code 963