美

Beauty

Also: Beautiful

On'yomi

  • び bi
  • み mi

Kun'yomi

  • うつく(しい) utsukushii
Stroke count
9
Radical
羊 sheep · Kangxi radical 123
JLPT level
N3
School grade
Grade 3

美 has 9 strokes and its Kangxi radical is 羊 (sheep), number 123. Hashidari places it at JLPT N3. Japanese students learn it in grade 3 of elementary school.

No official JLPT kanji list exists: the level is Hashidari's own placement. How we place kanji

JLPT N3 kanji list · Grade 3 kanji list · All kanji