美丽 beautiful
měi 现代普通话 Modern MandarinAI 合成语音 AI-generated voice
字库把早期「美」解释为站立的人头戴装饰物，可能是羽毛或角饰；通过经过装饰的人形来表示美丽。 CUHK reads early 美 as a standing person wearing an elaborate head ornament, perhaps feathers or horns. In this interpretation, an adorned person expresses beauty.
分类依据 Why these classifications?
传统六书分类可以交叉。前四类描述构形，假借与转注涉及用字或字词关系。标签可能对应不同历史或现代字形。问号表示暂定或传统解释；打开汉字可查看依据。 The six traditional classifications (六书) overlap. The first four describe construction; loangraphs and derivative cognates concern use or relationships. Tags may refer to different historical or modern forms. A question mark flags a provisional or traditional interpretation; open a character for its evidence.
象形 Pictographs 美
暂定分析 Provisional analysis中大字库把早期字形解释为头戴装饰的人。头饰种类及最初构意仍涉及学术解释。
CUHK reads the early form as a person wearing an ornamented headdress. The ornament’s identity and the earliest intended meaning are interpretive.
参考资料 References: [1]会意 Compound ideographs 美
传统分析 Traditional analysis《说文》传统把羊与大合起来解释。这是后世的传统分析，不能证明最早字形就是“大羊”之意。
The Shuowen tradition analyzes 羊 and 大 together. This is a later traditional explanation, not proof that the earliest image meant “a big sheep.”
参考资料 References: [1]
中间形态是教学示意，并非已证实的古代字形。 Intermediate shapes are teaching illustrations, not attested ancient glyphs.
所选字形 THE SELECTED FORM
词义示意图 Meaning illustration
字库把早期「美」解释为站立的人头戴装饰物，可能是羽毛或角饰；通过经过装饰的人形来表示美丽。 这幅图介绍词义或关系，并不是对最早字形的摹写。 CUHK reads early 美 as a standing person wearing an elaborate head ornament, perhaps feathers or horns. In this interpretation, an adorned person expresses beauty. This picture introduces the meaning or a relationship, not a transcription of the earliest graph.
把整个故事放在眼前。 The whole story, in view.
点击任一字形或连接 Choose any form or connection早期字形 EARLY FORMS
现代字形规范 MODERN CONVENTIONS
这是帮助学习的关联总览，并非连续的历史时间线；完整动画串联所选字例，最后呈现简体字；有出处的字形、异体与证据空缺均予保留。 This is a learning view, not a continuous historical timeline; the full animation connects selected examples and ends with the simplified character; sourced forms, variants, and evidence gaps remain visible.
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原创教学插图
Original teaching illustration词义示意图 Meaning illustration
字库把早期「美」解释为站立的人头戴装饰物，可能是羽毛或角饰；通过经过装饰的人形来表示美丽。 这幅图介绍词义或关系，并不是对最早字形的摹写。 CUHK reads early 美 as a standing person wearing an elaborate head ornament, perhaps feathers or horns. In this interpretation, an adorned person expresses beauty. This picture introduces the meaning or a relationship, not a transcription of the earliest graph.
头饰的具体种类并不确定；后世“羊大为美”的解释，并不是早期字形唯一的说法。 The precise ornament is uncertain. The later explanation “a large sheep is beautiful” is not the only account of the early form.