Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

462 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: beauty, beautiful

Kunyomi: うつく.しい

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: ひつじ

Meaning: sheep

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

(び)   beauty

学(びがく)   aesthetics

人(びじん)   beautiful woman

女(びじょ)   beautiful woman

術館(びじゅつかん)   art museum

容院(びよういん)   beauty salon

化する(びかする)   beautify, glorify

する(さんびする)   praise

な(ゆうびな)   graceful

な(かんびな)   sweet

しい(うつくしい)   beautiful

*味しい(おいしい)   delicious

Onyomi Examples

beauty

意識 ビイシキ sense of beauty, aesthetic sense

カビ splendor, splendour, gorgeousness, pomp, magnificence, showiness, gaudiness, extravagance, luxury

造形 ゾウケイビ beauty of form (oft. used of nature), beauty of a sculpted shape

august, beautiful

見事 ミゴト splendid, magnificent, excellent, fine, superb, beautiful, admirable, utter (esp. defeat), total, complete, something worth seeing, sight, spectacle

Kunyomi Examples

しい うつくしい beautiful, pretty, lovely, sweet, pure (heart, friendship, etc.)