妹 — younger sister

いもうと妹 younger sister

いもうと

U+59B9 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1446 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #220 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

younger sister

Readings

On'yomi: まい mai
Kun'yomi: いもうと imouto

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いもうと imouto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

妹(いもうと) imouto younger sister

まい mai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

姉(し) 妹(まい) shimai sisters

Words by frequency and grade

2 words

Each dot is a word containing 妹: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

おんな女 woman #38

み未 not yet

Phono-semantic compound (形声). 女 (woman) gives the meaning. 未 (mi/mai, not yet) provides sound and suggests youth. Younger sister.

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#38 女 woman