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妹 — stroke order
Watch how to write 妹 (mèi) stroke by stroke. 妹 has 8 strokes and means “younger sister”. It appears in common words such as 妹妹 (younger sister) and 姐妹 (sisters). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 妹
The most common words that use 妹 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
妹妹mèimeiyounger sister姐妹jiěmèisisters學妹xuémèijunior or younger female schoolmate妹子mèizidesignation towards a girl younger than…表妹biǎomèiyounger female cousin via female line小妹xiǎomèilittle sister
How 妹 is written
- Radical
- 女
- Components
- 女 ＋ 未
- Formation
- Pictophonetic character — formed from a semantic component 女 and a phonetic component 未 (woman).