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楣

méi

Character

What 楣 means

1. lintel
2. crossbeam

Example sentences

• 我可真倒楣呀。
  I'm such an unlucky guy.

Words containing 楣

• 门楣mén méilintel (of a door); fig. family's social status
• 横楣héng méilintel
• 横楣子héng méi zilintel
• 光耀门楣guāng yào mén méisplendor shines on the family's door (idiom); fig. to bring honor to one's family
• 倒楣dǎo méivariant of 倒霉
• 触楣头chù méi tóuvariant of 触霉头

Characters built on 眉

These share the phonetic component 眉 (méi), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 媚mèi(bound form) to flatter; (bound form) charming
• 湄méi(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 镅méiamericium (chemistry)
• 嵋méiused in 峨嵋
• 猸méiused for ferret, badger or mongoose

Characters that look like 楣

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 摇yáoto shake; to rock; to row
• 棋qíchess; chess-like game; a game of chess
• 槟bīnused in 槟子
• 辍chuòto stop (before completion); to cease; to suspend
• 槛kǎndoor sill; threshold
• 辗zhǎnused in 辗转

Sounds the same

Read méi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 没(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
• 媒medium; intermediary; matchmaker
• 煤coal
• 眉eyebrow; upper margin
• 霉mold; mildew; to become moldy
• 枚classifier for small objects: coins, badges, rings, carved seals, chess pieces, eggs…
• 梅plum; plum flower; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
• 玫(fine jade); used in 玫瑰
• 莓(bound form) berry (e.g. strawberry, blackberry, loganberry)
• 酶enzyme; ferment
• 湄(literary) shore; coast; bank
• 糜millet