姉 = 女 + 巿

姉 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “elder sister”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 巿 (revolve).

Keyword: elder sister
Pinyin (Mandarin): zǐ
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: старшая сестра
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 姉 elder sister

Decomposition

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女 woman
巿 revolve

How to find 姉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “woman” + “revolve”. 姉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 姉 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.