妹

Information about character(s)

Radical: 女
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8

Pronunciation

Pinyin: mèi
Cantonese: mui6
JapaneseKun: IMOUTO IMO
JapaneseOn: MAI
Korean: MAY
Vietnamese: muội

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: younger sister

CE-Dict: younger sister

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.a younger sister

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: sister; younger sister

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: young sister; sister

湘雅醫學專業詞典: Younger sister

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《女部》妹女弟也。从女未聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集下】【女字部】妹
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤莫佩切，音昧。【說文】女弟也。【詩·大雅】俔天之妹。【衞風】東宮之妹。　又同母異父曰外妹。【左傳·成十一年】聲伯嫁其外妹于施孝叔。　又【易·說卦】上震下兌，歸妹。【雜卦】歸妹，女之終也。　又【集韻】莫貝切，音眛。義同。　又地名。【書·酒誥】明大命于妹邦。　又國名。【汲冢周書】姑妹珍。【註】姑妹國，後屬越。

Japanese Places Imoto (loc)

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Se (loc)

CF-Dict: soeur cadette

Han-De-Dict: jüngere Schwester (u.E.)