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妹

妹 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 年下の女兄弟

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「女」+音符「未」。「いもうと」を意味する漢語｛妹｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

younger sister

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • マイJHS
Kun (native)
  • いもうとElem.
Nanori (used in names)
  • す
  • せ
  • も
Other languages
  • 拼音mei4
  • 한글mae
  • Hán-ViệtMuội

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 3
Unicode
U+59B9

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女未

Words using this kanji

  • 妹いもうと（いもうと）同じ親から産まれた年下の女性。または、配偶者にとっての妹。年上はという。younger sister
  • 妹いも（いもうと）同じ親から産まれた年下の女性。または、配偶者にとっての妹。年上はという。darling (woman), dear, honey, my betrothed
  • 妹婿いもうとむこthe husband of one's younger sister
  • 妹分いもうとぶんprotegee, someone who one considers as a younger sister
  • 妹娘いもうとむすめyounger daughter
  • 妹御いもうとご(another person's) younger sister
  • 妹君いもうとぎみ(younger) sister
  • 妹背いもせいもせ 参照。couple, husband and wife, man and wife, sibling
  • 妹さんいもうとさんyounger sister
  • 妹背鳥いもせどりany bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits), lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
  • 妹の命いものみことyoung lady
  • 妹夫婦いもうとふうふone's younger sister and her husband

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
4549.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e5.4
Heisig
234
Nelson
1204