# 媚

| 媚 | U+5A9A, &#23194; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5A9A |
| ← 媙 [U+5A99] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 媛 → [U+5A9B] |

## Translingual
### Han character

媚 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女日竹山 (VAHU), four-corner 4746$_7$, composition ⿰女眉)

#### Derived characters

* 䉋, 𬛾

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 267, character 7
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6513
* Dae Jaweon: page 534, character 11
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1069, character 15
* Unihan data for U+5A9A

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 眉 | *mril |
| 楣 | *mril |
| 嵋 | *bril |
| 湄 | *mril |
| 鶥 | *mril |
| 瑂 | *mril |
| 郿 | *mril, *mrils |
| 葿 | *mril |
| 媚 | *mrils |
| 篃 | *mrils |
| 蝞 | *mrills |
| 煝 | *mrils |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *mrils): semantic 女 + phonetic 眉 (OC *mril).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): mèi (mei$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄟˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): mei$^6$ / mei$^4$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): mì
    (Hailu, HRS): mi
* Eastern Min (BUC): mê
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): bi$^5$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): bī / mī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): mi$^7$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: mèi
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄟˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: mèi
*** Wade–Giles: mei$^4$
*** Yale: mèi
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mey
*** Palladius: мэй (mɛj)
*** Sinological IPA : /meɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: mei$^6$ / mei$^4$
*** Yale: meih / mèih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: mei$^6$ / mei$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: méi$^6$ / méi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /mei̯²²/, /mei̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mì
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: mi$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /mi¹¹/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: mi
*** Sinological IPA: /mi⁵⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: mê
*** Sinological IPA : /mɛi²⁴²/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: bi$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: bī
*** Sinological IPA : /pi²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bī
*** Tâi-lô: bī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: bi
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bi³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /bi²²/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /bi⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mī
*** Tâi-lô: mī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: mi
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /mĩ²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: mi$^7$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mī
*** Sinological IPA : /mi¹¹/
* Middle Chinese: mijH
Rime :
| Character | 媚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 明 (4) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 明祕切 |
| Baxter | mijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /mˠiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /mᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /miɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /mji$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /mji$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /mi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /mi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | mì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | mei$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mrəjʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*mrils/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 媚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | mèi |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ mij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mrəjʔ-s/ |
| English | love; flatter |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 媚 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 8946 |
| Phonetic component | 眉 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 郿 |
| Old Chinese | /*mrils/ |
* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some! Particularly: “Hakka”

### Definitions

媚
* charming; attractive
* to flatter; to fawn on; to curry favor
* (literary) to love
    From: Han Dynasty, 飲馬長城窟行
    Rùmén gèzì mèi, shéi kěn xiāng wèi yán. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 媚, 諂 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 拍馬, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好, 諂媚, 恭維, 巴結, 趨奉, 趨附, 諂諛, 阿諛, 逢迎, 抱大腿, 阿諂, 巴劫, 獻殷勤, 捧臭腳, 取悅 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜, 捧臭腳, 捧參兒, 呵, 巴結, 奉承 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 拍馬屁, 拍馬, 抱大腿, 捧懶趴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 奉承, 巴結 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 巴結 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 拍馬屁, 溜鬚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 巴結, 溜鬚, 拍馬屁, 拍 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 溜腚溝兒, 溜鬚, 溜鬚拍馬, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜鬚舔腚, 溜, 舔腚, 捧臭腳, 捧勝, 巴結, 巴嘰 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 溜鬚, 打溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 拍馬屁, 溜鬚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍馬, 奉迎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 巴結, 拍, 逢迎, 溜鬚 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 拍馬屁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 拍, 溜乎, 溜溝子, 溜溝子舔眼子, 巴結 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 捧, 巴結 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 奉承, 舔腚 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 舔腚, 溜鬚, 巴結, 巴結奉迎, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 舔腚, 舔, 溜光, 溜恭 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 巴結, 打溜鬚, 舔巴腚溝子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 巴結, 奔弄 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 溜溝子, 舔摸, 舔腚溜溝子, 巴結 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔麼腚, 舔麼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 巴結, 貼乎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜屁股溝, 溜鬚拍馬, 巴結, 奉承 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 巴結, 拍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 巴結 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 奉承, 巴結 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 舔溝子, 巴結 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 舔屁眼兒, 溜溝子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 巴結, 拍, 溜, 奉迎, 舔腚 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 拍馬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 巴結, 拍, 溜, 溜腚溝兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 巴結, 拍 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔溝子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔溝子, 溜溝子, 騷輕, 腮補西 Hui |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 巴結, 溜溝子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 巴結 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 舔溝油, 抱大腿, 抱粗腿, 巴結, 抬舉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 吸喋子, 吸, 偷吸, 舔腚眼子, 舔腚, 舔, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍, 奉承 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 巴結, 逢迎, 舔肥, 和, 拍馬屁, 拍 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 巴結 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 溜溝順情, 抱大腿, 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 巴結 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 溜溝子, 溜, 巴結, 奉承, 騷情 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 舔肥, 舔溝子, 舔肥溝子, 舔屁股, 𫾈肥, 𫾈, 抱大腳桿, 浮上水, 巴結, 巴, 溜溝子, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 巴結, 舔肥 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁, 拍 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 奉承, 拍馬屁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 巴結, 舔肥, 長舌頭兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拍, 拍馬屁, 拍麻皮, 呵熱屁, 呵卵捧㞗, 呵, 拎草鞋, 提草鞋, 巴結, 巴, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 拍馬屁, 舔肥屁股, 舔肥, 巴結, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 巴結, 拍, 捧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 舔肥, 捧泡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 巴結, 獻殷勤 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 巴結, 捧泡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 抬泡, 巴結 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 捧脬, 舔屁股, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 搊捧 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 拍, 捧泡 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 巴結, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳, 捧卵脬, 巴結, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 巴交, 拍馬屁, 奉承 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 巴結, 奉承, 背合皮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 拍馬屁, 呵, 呵二屁, 抬轎子, 抱粗腿, 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 呵, 呵捧, 呵大卵子, 舔屁眼, 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 巴結, 拍馬, 舔油, 上油 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 拍馬屁, 拍, 托卵脬, 托馬屁, 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 巴結, 呵卵脬, 拍 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 拍馬屁, 呵, 巴結 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 捧熱卵子 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 托大腳, 托, 擦鞋, 𦧺屎窟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 托大腳, 擦鞋, 拍馬屁, 𦧺屎眼, 𦧺屎窟 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 騎大腳 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 擦鞋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 托大腳, 捧臀 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 捧臀, 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 托大蹄, 托大腳, 拍馬屁, 擦鞋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 拍馬屁, 拍, 捧大腿, 捧脬 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 拍馬屁, 捧大腳 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 捧, 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 捧大腳 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 捧大腳 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 托大腳, 擦鞋, 罌吉 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 托大腳, 擦鞋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 托大腳 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 捧大腳 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 拍馬屁, 托卵袋子, 巴結 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 拍馬屁, 搊卵坨子, 巴結 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 捧大腳, 托大腳, 巴結 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 背大腳 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 托大腳 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 托大腳 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 托大腳 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 托大腳 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 巴結 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 托卵坨, 巴結 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 托核, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 扶核卵, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 托核, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 托核, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 托核, 托核卵 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 扶核卵 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 巴結 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 拍馬屁, 捧攏, 捧, 呵卵脬, 呼卵脬, 巴結 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 巴結, 呼卵脬 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 舔屁眼, 溜溝子, 溜舔, 溜溝子舔屁眼, 拍馬屁, 抱粗腿, 巴舔 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 溜溝子舔屁眼 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 奉迎, 迎合 |
| Jin | Datong | 溜舔 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 溜達, 溜, 走上水, 溜舔, 溜溝子, 爬溝子, 溜溝涮棒, 舔屁眼, 舔屁窟, 舔㞘子, 舔涮, 涮攪, 涮棒子, 涮壜子, 涮淘, 喝泔水, 扶上水, 扶下頦, 巴結 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 舔屁眼 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 巴結 |
| Jin | Linhe | 拍馬屁, 溜溝子 |
| Jin | Jining | 溜溝子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 溜溝子 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 溜溝子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 拿進, 溜舔, 舔屁股 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁 |
| Jin | Handan | 奉承, 巴結, 舔屁眼 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 巴結, 拍 |
| Jin | Suide | 巴結 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 捧㞠脬, 攬褲跤, 頌花鞋, 巴結 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 托𡳞脬, 捧, 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶零星, 扶𢱤, 三跤, 㾪扶 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 㾪扶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶𢱤, 三跤, 三跤馬, 三跤撐 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 扶𡳞脬, 扶尻川, 扶𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶𡳞 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 扶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬, 三跤 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 巴結 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 扶𡳞脬, 扶 |
| Southern Min | Raoping | 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 扛轎跤, 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 扶𡳞脬, 扶 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 扶, 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 托跤腿, 托𡳞脬, 扶𡳞脬 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 扶, 扶大腿 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 抱大跤 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 捧卵脬, 捧脬, 扛大腳, 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 巴結, 奉承 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 拍馬屁 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 巴結, 討好, 拍牢 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 拍馬屁 |
| Wu | Danyang | 拍馬屁, 巴結, 呵捧, 呵卵脬 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 拍馬屁, 巴結 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 拍馬屁 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 拍馬屁, 塔麻油, 捧大腿, 捧腿, 巴結, 討好 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 拍馬屁, 摸螺拐, 搊卵脬 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 捧馬屁, 捧卵胞 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 捧馬屁, 搊屁股 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 巴結 |

### Compounds

* 仄媚
* 側媚 / 侧媚
* 千嬌百媚 / 千娇百媚
* 取媚
* 奴顏媚骨 / 奴颜媚骨 (núyánmèigǔ)
* 妖媚 (yāomèi)
* 姿姿媚媚
* 姿媚
* 姣媚
* 妍媚
* 媚世 (mèishì)
* 媚力 (mèilì)
* 媚外 (mèiwài)
* 媚奧 / 媚奥
* 媚如秋月
* 媚姿姿
* 媚嫵 / 媚妩
* 媚子
* 媚惑
* 媚態 / 媚态 (mèitài)
* 媚景
* 媚灶
* 媚眼 (mèiyǎn)
* 媚笑雜樣 / 媚笑杂样
* 媚行
* 媚諂 / 媚谄
* 媚諛 / 媚谀
* 媚道
* 媚骨 (mèigǔ)
* 嬌媚 / 娇媚 (jiāomèi)
* 嫵媚 / 妩媚 (wǔmèi)
* 崇洋媚外 (chóngyángmèiwài)
* 承歡獻媚 / 承欢献媚 (chénghuān xiànmèi)
* 抹媚
* 斂怨求媚 / 敛怨求媚
* 明媚 (míngmèi)
* 明媚閑雅 / 明媚闲雅
* 春光明媚 (chūnguāngmíngmèi)
* 映媚
* 曲媚取容
* 木媚
* 柔媚 (róumèi)
* 柳媚花明
* 武媚
* 求容取媚
* 煙視媚行 / 烟视媚行
* 爭妍獻媚 / 争妍献媚
* 狐媚 (húmèi)
* 狐媚子
* 狐媚猿攀
* 狐媚魔道
* 狐媚魘道 / 狐媚魇道
* 獻媚 / 献媚 (xiànmèi)
* 甜言媚語 / 甜言媚语
* 百媚千嬌 / 百媚千娇
* 秀媚 (xiùmèi)
* 綺媚 / 绮媚
* 良辰媚景
* 花明柳媚
* 薄媚
* 蠱媚 / 蛊媚
* 諂媚 / 谄媚 (chǎnmèi)
* 諛媚 / 谀媚
* 阿媚
* 風光明媚 / 风光明媚

### References

* “媚”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* flatter
* humor
* flirt

#### Readings

* Go-on: み (mi)
* Kan-on: び (bi)
* Kun: こぶ (kobu, 媚ぶ)、こび (kobi)、こびる (kobiru, 媚びる)、こばむ (kobamu, 媚ばむ)

#### Compounds

* 媚薬(びやく) (biyaku): aphrodisiac
* 狐媚(こび) (kobi)
* 諂媚(てんび) (tenbi)
* 嫵媚(ぶび) (bubi)
* 明媚(めいび) (meibi)

## Korean
### Hanja

媚 (eum 미 (mi))
* charming
* attractive
* flatter

## Vietnamese
### Han character

媚: Hán Nôm readings: mị
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