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-<WL>妹 [mèi] (妹妹 mèimei) little sister; 姐妹 jiěmèi sisters
+<WL>妹 [mèi] (妹妹 mèimei) little sister; 姐妹 jiěmèi sisters@@; (HDZ:) 同父母而年龄比自己小的女子; 少女 (䷵ 歸妹); 末; (古邑名)
-From 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’ and 未 wèi phonetic.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 妹(􂉧) mèi ‘little sister’ combines 女 (nǚ) ‘woman’, and 未(􂥺) wèi ‘not yet’ (phonosemantic): a young girl, not yet a grown woman.
+	Compare: 昧(􁈖) mèi ‘daybreak’.
 #rG.387.48 H.207 K.AD1303,GSR531k D.2.1034.6 M.4410 KX..257.28 B.098.0.10 E.1
 #c女未
 #y muih-
 </WL>