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姐

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older sister

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 1
Strokes
8
Radical
女 +5
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
姐
Common rank
#1,447
Unicode
U+59D0

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Formation & memory

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How 姐 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

女 meaning “woman” + 且 sound ( qiě )

Components 女 且

How to remember it

older sister · Heisig RSH #1344

女 woman + shelves

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 姐

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
小姐 xiǎo jie young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
姐姐 jiě jie older sister; CL:個|个[ge4]
空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě stewardess; air hostess
世界小姐选美 Shì jiè Xiǎo jie Xuǎn měi Miss World Beauty Pageant
大姐大 dà jiě dà female gang leader; the top woman in her field; doyenne; matriarch
大姐头 dà jiě tóu (Tw) female gang leader; female boss; big sister
大小姐 dà xiǎo jie eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young wom…
花大姐 huā dà jiě common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢蟲|瓢虫[piao2 chong2]
坐台小姐 zuò tái xiǎo jiě bar girl; professional escort
表姐夫 biǎo jiě fu husband of older female cousin via female line
大姐 dà jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman sl…
一姐 yī jiě (coll.) top-ranked female; leading female; top female personality (in a particular field, …
学姐 xué jiě senior or older female schoolmate
家姐 jiā jiě (polite) my older sister
堂姐夫 táng jiě fu husband of older female cousin via male line
空姐 kōng jiě abbr. for 空中小姐; stewardess; air hostess; female flight attendant
援交小姐 yuán jiāo xiǎo jie girl who engages in enjo-kōsai; see also 援助交際|援助交际[yuan2 zhu4 jiao1 ji4]
姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband
三陪小姐 sān péi xiǎo jie female escort; bar girl
表姐 biǎo jiě older female cousin through a female relative

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 且 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
且 sound part qiě moreover, also (post-subject); about to, will soon (pre-verb)
组 zǔ to form, to assemble; section, department
助 zhù to help, to aid, to assist
祖 zǔ ancestor, forefather; grandfather; surname
粗 cū rough, think; coarse, rude
阻 zǔ to hinder, to impede; to obstruct, to oppose
咀 zuǐ to suck; to chew
疽 jū ulcer, carbuncle, abscess
趄 qiè weak, lame
蛆 qū maggot
狙 jū monkey, ape; to spy, to watch for; to lie in ambush
苴 jū hemp; sack-cloth
诅 zǔ to curse; to pledge, to swear
殂 cú dead; to die
沮 jǔ to stop, to prevent; dejected, defeated
龃 jǔ irregular teeth; discord
徂 cú to advance, to go; to; die
雎 jū osprey, fish hawk; to hold back
驵 zǎng excellent horse, noble steed