妹
commonyounger sister
Radical: 女 (woman). Strokes: 8画. Elements: ｜女二ハ木亠. . Hangul: 매 [mae]. Nanori: す / せ / もsu / se / mo.
Jōyō Kanji 2nd Grade. JLPT N4.
Example compounds:
| マイMAI | 義妹【ぎまいgimai】sister-in-law (younger); stepsister 弟妹【ていまいteimai】younger brother and sister 実妹【じつまいjitsumai】one's younger sister |
| いもうとimōto | 妹【いもうとimōto】younger sister 妹さん【いもうとさんimōtosan】younger sister 妹分【いもうとぶんimōtobun】protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister |
Codepoints and classification codes:
Dictionary indices:
| 59b9 | – | Unicode |
| 43-69 | – | JIS X 0208 |
| 1-3-5 | – | SKIP |
| 3e5.4 | – | TKD |
| 4549.0 | – | Four Corner |
| 1764 | – | De Roo |
| 1204 | – | Classic Nelson |
| 1199 | – | The New Nelson Character Dictionary by A. Nelson |
| 278 | – | New Japanese-English Character Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 208 | – | Kanji Learner's Dictionary by J. Halpern |
| 220 | – | Remembering the Kanji by J. Heisig |
| 1204 | – | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage (Gakken) |
| 848 | – | Japanese Names by P.G. O'Neill |
| 427 | – | Essential Kanji by P.G. O'Neill |
| 6138 | – | Daikanwajiten 「大漢和辞典」 by T. Morohashi vol. 3 p. 657 |
| 207 | – | A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters by K.G. Henshall |
| 408 | – | Kanji & Kana by Spahn and Hadamitzky |
| 319 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese (H) by F. Sakade |
| 153 | – | Kanji Flashcards by M. Hodges and T. Okazaki |
| 226 | – | Guide to Reading & Writing Japanese: Third Edition 3rd edition by Henshall |
| 166 | – | Tuttle Kanji Cards by A. Kask |
| 78 | – | Kanji in Context by Nishiguchi and Kono |
| 3.15 | – | Japanese for Busy People by the AJLT |
| 441 | – | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 225 | – | Y. Maniette's French adaptation of Heisig |