Chinese Character 妹 Meanings and components.

Form

妹

Meaning

妹 meaning[3] in English

Younger Sister.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 妹 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are female (女) , and not yet (未)

Its radical[1] is: 女 (nv3) which means: Female, Woman, Daughter, .女nv3female

In cangjie it is written with VJD

How to write 妹

To write妹mei4younger sister you should write a combination of 女nv3female , 未wei4not yet arranged in a 吅 shape:

女 + 未 = 妹

妹 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 妹 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 妹, looks as follow:

妹
Pinyin:mei4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Younger Sister
女
Pinyin:nv3
Meaning[3]: Female . Woman . Daughter
未
Pinyin:wei4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Not Yet . Did Not . Have Not . Not . 8th Earthly Branch: 1-3 P.M., 6th Solar Month (7th July-6th August), Year Of The Sheep . Ancient Chinese Compass Point: 210°
木
Pinyin:mu4
Meaning[3]: Surname Mu
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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