Memory phrase for the character: 姊

姊

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Meaning older sister

Pronunciation

zǐ

Explanation

Left: woman 女, right: variant of younger brother 弟

Mnemonic
 
The woman who takes care of the half-finished younger brother is: the older 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?
弟 younger brother
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 Vocabulary

姊妹 zǐ mèi  (older and younger) sisters
长姊 zhǎng zǐ  older sister
表姊妹 biǎo zǐ mèi  father's sister's daughters; maternal female cousin
表姊妹 biǎo zǐ mèi  

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