眉
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méi · eyebrows

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Shape and proportion

9Total strokes

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Upper-left enclosureCharacter structure

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目Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 眉

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Example sentences

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Wǒ tǎo yàn wǒ de méi máo.我讨厌我的眉毛。

I hate my eyebrows.

Source: Tatoeba #10484075 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Mǎ lì yǒu lǜ sè de méi máo.玛丽有绿色的眉毛。

Mary has green eyebrows.

Source: Tatoeba #10484079 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Xiǎo lín de méi máo cháng dé nóng, yǎn jīng yòu dà, jié máo hěn cháng.小林的眉毛长得浓,眼睛又大,睫毛很长。

Xiaolin's eyebrows are thick, his eyes are big, and his eyelashes are long.

Source: Tatoeba #420898 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā tīng dào nà gè shí, zhòu qǐ le méi tóu.他聽到那個時,皺起了眉頭。

On hearing that, he knitted his brow.

Source: Tatoeba #4262042 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Lǎo tài tài zhòu zhù méi tóu.老太太皺著眉頭。

The old woman knitted her brows.

Source: Tatoeba #778033 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā méi tóu jǐn suǒ.她眉頭緊鎖。

She wrinkled her brows.

Source: Tatoeba #13109162 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 眉 in context

  1. Say méi, then recall the core meaning: eyebrows.
  2. Write all 9 strokes while keeping the upper-left enclosure balanced.
  3. Use it in 眉毛 (méi mao), meaning “eyebrow”.
  4. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 眉 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.