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媚 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「女」

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1University / general (hardest) ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「女」
On
ビび · bi
Kun
こ.びるko.biru
Meaning
to fawn on

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Woman 女 with 眉 as phonetic: to behave so as to please another.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 媚態びたい

    coquetry; ingratiating manner

  • 媚びるこびる

    to fawn on; to curry favour

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

権力(けんりょく)に媚(こ)びることを潔(いさぎよ)しとしなかった。

They would not stoop to currying favour with power.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

媚態媚態state夭to die…奸wicked妝to ado…夾to hol…妣deceas…茯used…弭bow ti…寐to sle…嵋Emei麼tiny
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Compound

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