Memory phrase for the character: 姐

姐

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Meaning

elder sister

Pronunciation

 jiě

Explanation

 Left: woman 女, right: furthermore 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added.)

Mnemonic
 
(From a child's point of view) The woman as tall as a stone-pile is my elder sister.

Radicals

女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
且 and; moreover; yet
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 Vocabulary

小姐 xiǎo jie  young lady; miss
姐姐 jiě jie  older sister
姐姐 jiě jie  older sister
唉姐 āi jiě  granny (dialect)
窑姐儿 yáo jiěr  a prostitute
窑姐儿 yáo jiěr  

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