媚 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「女」
道1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「女」
- On
- ビ
- Kun
- こ.びる
- Meaning
- to fawn on
Origin
Woman 女 with 眉 as phonetic: to behave so as to please another.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 媚態びたい
coquetry; ingratiating manner
- 媚びるこびる
to fawn on; to curry favour
Example
権力に媚びることを潔しとしなかった。
They would not stoop to currying favour with power.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)