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妹

Kanji · JLPT N4 · People and family

妹 Younger Sister

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

まい

Mostly used when 妹 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

いもうと

Mostly used when 妹 stands alone.

Strokes
8
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 2
Frequency
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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).