妹
younger sister
8 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1446.
Readings
- いもうと (kun reading): 妹 (いもうと) younger sister; 妹婿 (いもうとむこ) the husband of one's younger sister
- マイ (on reading): 姉妹 (しまい) sisters; 姉妹都市 (しまいとし) sister city
- Read as a whole word: 従姉妹 (いとこ) cousin (female); 乳姉妹 (ちきょうだい) foster sister; 吾妹子 (わぎもこ) my love
Components
- 女
- 未
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- 亠 radical lid
- 女 radical woman
- 木 radical tree
Words using 妹
- 妹 (いもうと) younger sister
- 妹婿 (いもうとむこ) the husband of one's younger sister
- 妹分 (いもうとぶん) protegee
- 妹さん (いもうとさん) younger sister
- 妹娘 (いもうとむすめ) younger daughter
- 姉妹 (しまい) sisters
- 姉妹都市 (しまいとし) sister city
- 姉妹群 (しまいぐん) sister group
- 従妹 (じゅうまい) cousin (younger female)
- 兄弟姉妹 (きょうだいしまい) brothers and sisters
- 従姉妹 (いとこ) cousin (female)
- 乳姉妹 (ちきょうだい) foster sister
- 吾妹子 (わぎもこ) my love
- 吾妹 (わぎも) my love
- 姉妹喧嘩 (きょうだいげんか) quarrel between sisters
- 兄妹喧嘩 (きょうだいげんか) quarrel between siblings
- 妹背鳥 (いもせどり) any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits)
- 妹の命 (いものみこと) young lady
- 継妹 (ままいも) step-sister (younger)
- 兄妹交配 (きょうだいこうはい) brother-sister inbreeding
55 words in all.