眉
eyebrow; upper margin
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #658 U+7709
How 眉 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
Picture of hair 尸 above an eye 目
How to remember it
eyebrows · Heisig RSH #2149
目 eye + flag
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 眉 as their sound component
These characters all use 眉 (méi) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眉 sound component | méi | eyebrows; upper margin of book |
| 鹛 | méi | cormorant |
| 媚 | mèi | attractive, charming; to charm, to flatter |
| 湄 | méi | bank, coast, shore |
| 楣 | méi | crossbar; lintel |
| 嵋 | méi | the Omei mountain in Sichuan |
| 猸 | méi | badger, ferret, mongoose |
| 镅 | méi | americium |
Words containing 眉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 眉山市 | Méi shān Shì | Meishan, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3] |
| 黑眉长尾山雀 | hēi méi cháng wěi shān què | (bird species of China) black-browed bushtit (Aegithalos bonvaloti) |
| 白眉山雀 | bái méi shān què | (bird species of China) white-browed tit (Poecile superciliosus) |
| 眉眼传情 | méi yǎn chuán qíng | to give the eye to; to make eyes at |
| 有眉目 | yǒu méi mù | to begin to take shape; to be about to materialize |
| 黄眉林雀 | huáng méi lín què | (bird species of China) yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus) |
| 眉目传情 | méi mù chuán qíng | to make sheep eyes at; to cast amorous glances at |
| 眉县 | Méi Xiàn | Mei County or Meixian, a county in Baoji City 寶雞市|宝鸡市[Bao3 ji1 Shi4], Shaanxi |
| 眉山 | Méi shān | see 眉山市[Mei2 shan1 Shi4] |
| 眉头 | méi tóu | brows |
| 眉心 | méi xīn | (the space) between the eyebrows |
| 眉开眼笑 | méi kāi yǎn xiào | brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom); beaming with joy; all smiles |
| 眉来眼去 | méi lái yǎn qù | (idiom) to make eyes; to exchange flirting glances with sb |
| 中国白眉朱雀 | Zhōng guó bái méi zhū què | (bird species of China) Chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius) |
| 八字眉 | bā zì méi | sloping eyebrows, formed like character for "eight" |
| 眉眼 | méi yǎn | brows and eyes; appearance; looks; countenance |
| 红眉松雀 | hóng méi sōng què | (bird species of China) crimson-browed finch (Carpodacus subhimachalus) |
| 眉心轮 | méi xīn lún | ājñā or ajna, the brow or third eye chakra 查克拉, residing in the forehead; also written 眉間輪… |
| 白眉雀鹛 | bái méi què méi | (bird species of China) white-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus) |
| 美眉 | měi méi | (coll.) pretty girl |