JLPT N5 · Family

妹さん

いもうとさん

younger sister (polite)

Stroke order of 妹さん

3 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

妹 · 8 strokes さ · 3 strokes ん · 1 strokes

Memory trick

妹 is a woman 女 beside 未, a not-yet-grown tree: the younger sister.

Parts: 妹 younger sister + さん

The characters in 妹さん

妹いもうと — younger sister (8 strokes)
ささ — sa (3 strokes)
んん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)

Example sentence

妹さんは高校生ですか。

いもうとさんはこうこうせいですか。

Is your younger sister a high school student?

Words with 妹

妹younger sister

More words: Family

お父さんfather (polite)お母さんmother (polite)お兄さんolder brother (polite)お姉さんolder sister (polite)弟さんyounger brother (polite)祖母grandmother 夫husband 奥さんwife (someone else's)息子son 父親father 母親mother 赤ちゃんbaby 一人っ子only child

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