妹 = 女 + 未

妹 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “younger sister”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 未 (not yet).

Keyword: younger sister
Pinyin (Mandarin): mèi
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: младшая сестра
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 妹 younger sister

Decomposition

ids

女 woman
未 not yet

How to find 妹 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “not yet”. 妹 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 妹 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.