The story of 美

beautiful, good

美 is composed of 羊(goat, the picture of a goat head with horns) and 大(big, the picture of a man stretching his arms), depicts a man wearing a horn-liked ornament on his head. Horn is the weapon of male goat, it is the symbol of strength and masculinity, in the concept of ancient Chinese, a 'beautiful' man should be strong and masculine.