1. 姐
  2. 妹

姐

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  1. 姐 is the 828th most frequent character.
  2. 姐 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 姐 appears as a character in 15 words.
  4. 姐 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
姐 => 女, 且
Radical :
姐 => 女 (woman), 月 (moon), 一 (one)
Graphical :
姐 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 冂, 二, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. jie3 - older sister

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 姐 (jie3): The component 且 is pronounced as 'qie3'. It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words:

High Frequency

姐姐 

Medium Frequency

大姐 
姐 
姐夫 
姐妹 
小姐 
表姐 

妹

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  1. 妹 is the 1183rd most frequent character.
  2. 妹 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 妹 appears as a character in 28 words.
  4. 妹 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
妹 => 女, 未
Radical :
妹 => 女 (woman), 木 (tree), 一 (one)
Graphical :
妹 => ㇛, 一, 丿, 一, 丨, 八, 一

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. mei4 - younger sister

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 妹 (mei4): The component 未 is pronounced as 'wei4'. It has the same pinyin final.
  2. Pronunciation clue for 妹 (mei4): The component 木 is pronounced as 'mu4'. It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words:

High Frequency

妹妹 

Medium Frequency

妹 
妹子 
姐妹 
学妹 (學妹)
小妹 
表妹 
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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