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妹 = 女 + 未
妹 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “younger sister”. It is built from 女 (woman) and 未 (not yet). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 234.
- Keyword
- younger sister
- RTK frame
- 234
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- マイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- いもうと
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- младшая сестра
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 妹 younger sister
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
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.