Entry
  1. Noun

    little sister; younger sister

  2. my younger sister

    Humble (kenjougo) language

  3. Pronoun

    I; me

    Humble (kenjougo) languageFemale term or languageused by young women mainly in letters

Also written 少妹【しょうまい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

little, small

Kun
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On
ショウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
114 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
3n0.1The Kanji Dictionary
9000.0Four corner code
1141deroo
5c0fUnicode hex code
1-30-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1355Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389New Nelson (John Haig)
7New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
105Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
63A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
21Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7473Morohashi
36A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24sakade
46Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
27henshall3
15Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
126crowley
88Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
511Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
106Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao3Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

younger sister

Kun
いもうと
On
マイ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1446 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3e5.4The Kanji Dictionary
4549.0Four corner code
1764deroo
59b9Unicode hex code
1-43-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1204Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1199New Nelson (John Haig)
278New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
333Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
208Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
250Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
220Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
234Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1204A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
848Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
427Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6138Morohashi
207A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
408Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
412Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
319sakade
153Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
226henshall3
166Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
78Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
441Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
225Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mei4Pinyin reading
maeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level