The study of “mei” (美) from the perspective of archaeological evidences / Wong Hoong Cheong, Goh Ying Soon and Yap Soh Leay

• Main Authors: Wong, Hoong Cheong, Goh, Ying Soon, Yap, Soh Leay
• Other Authors: Noorezam, Maisarah
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: UiTM Cawangan Johor Kampus Pasir Gudang 2020
• Subjects: Science of language (Linguistics); Chinese language
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39089/1/39089.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/39089/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

The Chinese character "mei"(美) carries out the meaning of beauty in Chinese, but “mei” in Chinese oracle bone inscriptions (甲骨文) and Chinese bronze inscriptions (金文) do not reflect the meaning of beauty as it basically related to the names of places and the names of people only. The East...