Memory phrase for the character: 姨

姨

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Meaning

mother's younger sister, aunt

Pronunciation

yí

Explanation

 Left: woman 女, right: barbarian 夷 (= They have big 大 bows 弓) - (Here: variation of younger brother 第. His bamboo 竹 was simplified to a line 一)

Mnemonic
 
The woman, who is like my younger brother is the younger aunt.

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?
夷 barbarian
弟 younger brother




 Vocabulary

阿姨 ā yí  maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
姨妈 yí mā  (informal) mother's sister; maternal aunt
姨太太 yí tài tai  concubine
姨姥姥 yí lǎo lao  mother's mother's sister; great-aunt
姨甥男女 yí sheng nán nǚ  wife's sister's children
姨甥男女 yí sheng nán nǚ  

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