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媸

chī
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (classical) ugly (of a woman)

Examples

HSK 7-9
明镜把美丑照得清清楚楚。
Míngjìng bǎ měichǒu zhào de qīngqīngchǔchǔ.
A bright mirror shows beauty and ugliness exactly as they are.

Tips

history
媸 is a classical word for an ugly woman, almost always paired with its opposite 妍 (beautiful) as 妍媸 ('beauty and ugliness'). It is not used independently in modern Chinese, which says 丑. Built on the woman radical 女.
register
Classical and literary only. Use 丑 in modern Chinese.

Components

radical
女 nǚ
woman; female
The 女 'woman' radical fits a word describing a woman's looks and is the indexing radical of 媸.
phonetic
蚩 chī
a worm; foolish
The 蚩 element supplies the sound chī and a faint negative flavor (it also means 'foolish'), reinforcing the unflattering sense of 媸.

Stroke Order

媸 chī