妹

mèi

m+èi·4th tone

younger sister

Radical: 女 Strokes: 8 HSK 1

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Common

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸妙娘奴婆姑

Same radical

女如好威委妇奸妙娘奴婆姑婚妆娇

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Character Decomposition

妹=女+未

Etymology

woman

Meanings

younger sister

mèi

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Words with 妹 92 total

younger sister阿妹ā mèi younger sibling · younger brother's wife弟妹dì mèi (dialect) younger sister; familiar form of address for a younger woman老妹lǎo mèi younger female cousin through a female relative表妹biǎo mèi younger sister's husband妹夫mèi fu younger sister · young woman · CL: gè妹妹mèi mei brother-in-law (younger sister's husband)妹婿mèi xù wife's younger sister · sister-in-law姨妹yí mèi (older and younger) sisters · sister (school, city etc)姊妹zǐ mèi brother(s) and sister(s)兄妹xiōng mèi local girl (referring to a Taiwanese benshengren 本省人 běn shěng rén)台妹Tái mèi younger female patrilineal cousin堂妹táng mèi