妹 – younger sister

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The kanji 妹 means younger sister. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is マイ (mai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is いもうと (imouto). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	マイ	mai
Kun’yomi	いもうと	imouto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: ｜・女・二・ハ・木・亠.

Words using 妹

妹いもうとyounger sister姉妹しまいsisters従姉妹いとこcousin (female)

Example sentences

あのかわいい少女は私の妹です。

That pretty girl is my sister.

Tatoeba #231347

彼の姉妹は二人とも美人です。

Both his sisters are beautiful.

Tatoeba #117217

彼の従姉妹は、名前は忘れたが、看護婦だった。

His cousin, whose name I forget, was a nurse.

Tatoeba #116991

Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊姉妨

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