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妹
JLPT N4 SL2 8 strokes Frequency: #1446

Meanings

Younger Sister

Radicals

女

Decomposition

⿰女未

Etymology

Pictophonetic: woman

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 8

Stroke Order

1 curve bottom-right-to-top-left
2 diagonal top-to-bottom
3 rising bottom-left-to-top-right
4 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
5 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
6 vertical right-to-left
7 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
8 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
マイ mai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
いもうと imouto

Words Using This Kanji

44 words total
Other (20 words)
姉妹会社 しまいがいしゃ

affiliated company

姉妹都市 しまいとし

sister city

従姉妹 いとこ

cousin (female)

従妹 じゅうまい

cousin (younger female)

弟妹 ていまい

younger brother and sister

妹 いもうと

younger sister

妹さん いもうとさん

younger sister

令妹 れいまい

your younger sister

兄妹 けいまい

older brother and younger sister

姉妹 しまい

sisters

実妹 じつまい

biological younger sister

妹婿 いもうとむこ

the husband of one's younger sister

妹娘 いもうとむすめ

younger daughter

妹分 いもうとぶん

protegee

姉妹校 しまいこう

sister school

姉妹編 しまいへん

companion (sister) volume (to)

十姉妹 じゅうしまつ

Bengalese finch

兄弟姉妹 きょうだいしまい

brothers and sisters

亡妹 ぼうまい

one's deceased younger sister

義妹 ぎまい

sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)

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