CHINESE CHARACTER

姐 (jiě): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

jiě

elder sister; miss, young lady

HSK 18 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

女

Primary radical

女 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 姐.

且

Phonetic component

且 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 8

Write 姐 in 8 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Vocabulary with 姐

姐姐jiějie

HSK 1 · older sister

姐妹jiěmèi

HSK 3 · sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc)

小姐xiǎojiě

HSK 5 · young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute

Examples using 姐

姐姐

她是我的姐姐。

Tā shì wǒ de jiě jie。

She's my older sister.

姐妹

我没有姐妹。

Wǒ méi yǒu jiě mèi。

I don't have any sisters.

小姐

你应该知道不要问小姐的年龄。

Nǐ yīng gāi zhī dào bú yào wèn xiǎo jiě de nián líng。

You should know better than to ask a lady her age.

FAQ

What does 姐 (jiě) mean in Chinese?

elder sister; miss, young lady

How do you write 姐 in stroke order?

姐 has 8 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 姐?

女 is the radical in 姐. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 姐?

姐姐 (jiějie): older sister; 姐妹 (jiěmèi): sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc); 小姐 (xiǎojiě): young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute.