妹 — Chinese character
妹
mèi
younger sister
- Pinyin
- mèi
- Radical
- 38 ⼥ (Woman)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 女 未
- Formation
- pictophonetic — woman; meaning component 女; sound component 未
- Japanese
- 妹 as a kanji
Common words with 妹
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 妹妹 | mèi mei | younger sister; young woman |
| 姐妹 | jiě mèi | sisters; siblings |
| 妹子 | mèi zi | (dialect) younger sister; girl |
| 姊妹 | zǐ mèi | (older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc) |
| 小妹 | xiǎo mèi | little sister; girl |
| 兄妹 | xiōng mèi | brother(s) and sister(s) |
| 表妹 | biǎo mèi | younger female cousin through a female relative |
| 兄弟姐妹 | xiōng dì jiě mèi | brothers and sisters; siblings |
| 学妹 (學妹) | xué mèi | junior or younger female schoolmate |
| 小妹妹 | xiǎo mèi mei | little sister; little girl |
| 辣妹 | là mèi | hot chick; sexy girl |
| 师妹 (師妹) | shī mèi | junior female student or apprentice; daughter (younger than oneself) of one's teacher |
English words written with 妹
妹 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: I Ching 5 · Zhuangzi 1
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