眉 (mei4 | mei2) : eyebrows

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眉

mei4

mei2

[1] eyebrows [2] [n] side [3] [n] top margin of a printed page in a book [4] rare Chinese family name

Stroke count: 9

Level: 2

Radical: 目 (#109)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

眉

This word has been viewed 7238 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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皺眉頭 zau3 mei4 tau4 zhou4 mei2 tou2 = to frown

眉筆 mei4 bat1 = eyebrow pencil

眉毛 mei4 mou4 mei2 mao5 = eyebrow

眉頭 mei4 tau4 mei2 tou2 = brows

畫眉 waa6 mei4*2 = thrush

壽眉 sau6 mei4 shou4 mei2 = shoumei tea

蘇眉 sou1 mei4 = hump-headed wrasse

眉心 mei4 sam1 = between the eyebrows

蛾眉月 ngo4 mei4 jyut6*2 e2 mei2 yue4 = crescent moon

水浸眼眉 seoi2 zam3 ngaan5 mei4 = deadly haste
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Decimal representation of this word: 眉
Unicode code for this character: U+7709 (off-site link)

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