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Mythic Mandarin

姐妹 (jiě mèi): meaning and stroke order

姐妹 (jiě mèi) means sisters, siblings, sister (school, city etc).

姐妹

Simplified
姐妹
Traditional
姐妹 (same form)
Pinyin
jiě mèi

Stroke order of 姐妹

姐

  • jiě older sister
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

妹

  • mèi younger sister
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 姐妹

  1. jiě mèi
    • sisters
    • siblings
    • sister (school, city etc)

Radicals of the characters

姐
Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 8 strokes · 女 on the left, 且 on the right
妹
Radical 女 (Kangxi radical 38) · 8 strokes · 女 on the left, 未 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).