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CC-CEDICT

  1. 1.wife of a younger brother

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.younger of two women married to a man; (in general) concubine of a man
  2. 2.younger sister
  3. 3.wife of husband's younger brother
  4. 4.mother's younger sister
  5. 5.a surname
  6. 6.Used in female given name to symbolize parents' hope that she will have a younger brother.

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Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *diːlʔ, *diːls): semantic 女 (“woman”) + phonetic 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “young family member”). Same word as 弟 (OC *diːlʔ, *diːls, “younger brother”).

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