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Kanji: 美
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KANJI

美

9 strokes

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KUN 訓

うつくしい

ON 音	ビ
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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	羊(⺶,⺷) Radical name: ひつじ
Meaning:	Beauty, beautiful
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 450 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	美(うつく)しい	beautiful
N4	美術館(びじゅつかん)	art gallery
N3	美人(びじん)	beautiful person (woman)
N2	美容(びよう)	beauty of figure or form
N1	美味(おい)しい	delicious, tasty
N1	華美(かび)	pomp, splendor, gaudiness
N1	賛美(さんび)	praise, adoration, glorification
N1	美(び)	beauty
N1	美術(びじゅつ)	art, fine arts
N1	褒美(ほうび)	reward, prize

N1	優美(ゆうび)	grace, refinement, elegance

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