眉

méi
#1,458 most
frequent character
eyebrow, upper margin

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

眉 shows an eye 目 with eyebrows above it. It first meant eyebrows. The meaning grew to mean the top part of something.

Drawn as: eyebrows; eye

眉 as a component in other characters

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