姪

9 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1

niece

Kun'yomi
  • めい
    		niece
  • おい
On'yomi
  • テツ
  • チツ
  • ジチ
  • イツ
  • イチ

Main Radical

女(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

めい 100.0%

Character Breakdown

niece
めい　テツ　チツ (Kentei Pre-1)
woman, female
ジョ　おんな　め (1st, N5)
climax, arrive, proceed
シ　いた.る　のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)

Common Words

めい
姪
niece
めい
姪
　
っ
こ
子
niece
めい
姪
ご
御
(another person's) niece
また
又
めい
姪
grandniece
おい
甥
めい
姪
nephews and nieces
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References

Unicode hex code 59EA
JIS X 0208 1-44-37
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 1212
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 1209
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 422
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 316
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2201
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 2314
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 6226
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3e6.6
Four corner code 4141.4