妹 — kanji meaning “younger sister”
妹
younger sister
- Meanings
- younger sister
- On'yomi
- マイ (mai)
- Kun'yomi
- いもうと
- Name readings
- す、せ、も
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 2
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #1446 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 38
- Chinese reading
- mèi — Chinese character page
Words with 妹
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 姉妹 | しまい shimai | sisters |
| 義妹 | ぎまい gimai | sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife) |
| 弟妹 | ていまい teimai | younger brother and sister |
| 従姉妹 | いとこ itoko | cousin (female) |
| 実妹 | じつまい jitsumai | biological younger sister |
| 兄妹 | けいまい keimai | older brother and younger sister |
| 従妹 | じゅうまい juumai | cousin (younger female) |
| 十姉妹 | じゅうしまつ juushimatsu | Bengalese finch; society finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica) |
| 妹背 | いもせ imose | couple; husband and wife; man and wife |
| 兄妹喧嘩 | きょうだいげんか kyoudaigenka | quarrel between siblings |
| 吾妹子 | わぎもこ wagimoko | my love; my dear; darling |
| 吾妹 | わぎも wagimo | my love; my dear; darling |
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