Today’s #kanji is #美, which is listed under #ひつじ（羊）. It is apparently a compound ideograph and its original meaning was a fat, big sheep. Umm, I wonder if this kanji was formed in Australia where there are more sheep than people?
Meaning: beautiful
Reading: ビ、うつく
美（ビ）: [noun] beauty, grace, charm
美化（ビカ）: [noun] beautification, glorification, glamorization
美術（ビジュツ）: [noun] art, fine art
美人（ビジン）: [noun] a beautiful woman, a pretty girl
美徳（ビトク）: [noun] a virtue, a noble attribute
美容（ビヨウ）: [noun] beauty culture, cosmetics, aesthetics
華美（カビ）: [なadj] splendid, magnificent; showy, luxurious
賛美（サンビ）: [noun] praise, glorification
褒美（ホウビ）: [noun] a reward, a prize
美（うつく）しい: [いadj] beautiful, pretty, attractive, good-looking
In names, it’s often pronounced as み.
美濃（みの）- a place name
美奈子（みなこ） – a girls’s name
弘美（ひろみ） – a girl’s name
