Character: 妹
Modern (Beijing) reading: mèi
Preclassic Old Chinese: mhǝ̄ts
Classic Old Chinese: mhǝ̄ć
Western Han Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Eastern Han Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Early Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄ś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄̀j
Late Postclassic Chinese: mhǝ̄̀j
Middle Chinese: mòj
English meaning : younger sister
Russian meaning[s]: 1) младшая сестра; 2) я (к сверстнику); ты, Вы (к сестрам, младшим по возрасту)
Comments: For *mh- cf. Xiamen be6, Chaozhou mue6, Fuzhou muoi5, Jianou müɛ6.
Radical: 38
Four-angle index: 5332
Karlgren code: 0531 k-m
Shijing occurrences: 57.1_
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