Ideographic: Picture of hair 尸 above an eye 目Radical:

meaning for méi:

  • - eyebrow
  • - upper marginbrowspressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom)
  • - imminentto frown
  • - to knit one's browprogress
  • - prospect of solution
  • - sign of positive outcomelit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom)
  • - fig. desperate situation
  • - extreme emergency