美术 měishù▶ Bellas Artes

Stroke order

美术 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 美 — 9 strokes
• 术 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. art
2. fine arts
3. painting

Related words

• 优美Elegante, grácil
• 学术aprendizaje
• 完美perfecto
• 手术Operación
• 武术Un arte marcial
• 赞美Alabanza; Elogio

美术 is pronounced měishù and means “Bellas Artes”. It belongs to the HSK 5 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 美术 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.