美学

美學

měixué

noun #29,020

Meanings

1 aesthetics
2 the philosophy of beauty and art

Characters

beautiful; beauty

study; learning; -ology

Examples

他在大学里修了一门美学课。

Tā zài dàxué lǐ xiū le yī mén měixué kè.

He took an aesthetics course at university.

这座建筑体现了东方美学的精髓。

Zhè zuò jiànzhú tǐxiàn le dōngfāng měixué de jīngsuǐ.

This building embodies the essence of Eastern aesthetics.

Tips

memory

美 means 'beautiful' and 学 means 'study/learning' — 美学 is literally 'the study of beauty.'

Stroke Order

美 měi

学 xué