姊
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older sister; Taiwan pr. [jie3]
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 女 +5
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 姊
- Common rank
- #3,020
- Unicode
- U+59CA
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How 姊 is formed
How to remember it
elder sister · Heisig RSH #2285
女 woman + snare + drag + genie
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 姊
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 七姊妹星团 | Pleiades M45 | |
| 家姊 | my sister | |
| 表姊妹 | father's sister's daughters; maternal female cousin | |
| 长姊 | older sister | |
| 姊夫 | older sister's husband | |
| 堂姊妹 | father's brother's daughters; paternal female cousin | |
| 堂姊 | older female patrilineal cousin | |
| 姊妹 | (older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc) | |
| 姊丈 | older sister's husband | |
| 姊姊 | older sister; Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] |