Where 姐 comes from
woman
- Meaning part
- 女 (“female”)
- Sound part
- 且 (“moreover”)
How to write 姐 (jiě, “older sister”)
姐 (jiě), an HSK 1 character, means “older sister”. It pairs a meaning part, 女 (“female”), with a sound part, 且 (“moreover”). Among the HSK words it appears in 姐姐 (“older sister”), 姐妹 (“sisters”) and 小姐 (“young lady”). Japanese reads it so, “elder sister”.
- Pinyin
- jiě
- Strokes
- 8
- HSK
- 1
- Radical
- 女 (“female”)
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
As a left-right character it splits into 女 (“female”, the radical), strokes 1–3; 且 (“moreover”), strokes 4–8, written the left part first.
- top leftdownwards → down and right
- centerdown and left
- leftrightwards
- topdownwards
- toprightwards → downwards
- centerrightwards
- centerrightwards
- bottomrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
The two models differ in shape, so our comparison does not claim an order; compare the numbered frames yourself (8 strokes in Japanese, 8 strokes in Chinese).
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Pinyin and meaning
| Pinyin | Meanings | Traditional | In words |
|---|---|---|---|
| jiě third tone | older sister | — | 姐姐 姐妹 一姐 大姐 |
- HSK 2025 syllabus
- level 1
- 2021 standard
- level 1
- HSK 2.0
- in a level 1 word
- Words with it
- 39 in CC-CEDICT
Words with 姐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 姐姐 | jiějie | older sister HSK 1 |
| 姐妹 | jiěmèi | sisters; siblings HSK 3 |
| 小姐 | xiǎojiě | young lady; miss HSK 5 |
| 一姐 | yījiě | top-ranked female; leading female |
| 大姐 | dàjiě | big sister; elder sister |
| 姐们 姐們 | jiěmen | close female friend; sis (between female friends) |
| 学姐 學姐 | xuéjiě | senior or older female schoolmate |
| 家姐 | jiājiě | (polite) my older sister |
| 师姐 師姐 | shījiě | senior female fellow student or apprentice; daughter… |
| 的姐 | dījiě | female taxi driver |
HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).
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