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Kanji for Brows
The kanji for “brows” is 眉, read bi and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
眉
brows
Eyebrows; a beautiful, expressive face.
Hikimayu was the classical court custom of shaving natural eyebrows and repainting delicate dark smudges higher on the forehead.
9 strokes On reading ビ、ミ (bi, mi) Kun reading まゆ (mayu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: eyebrow
Readings used for names on Nazuke: bi, mayu
Names written with 眉: Viggo 眉湖
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