Meaning: a younger sister
Reading: マイ、いもうと、いも
姉妹（シマイ）: sisters
義妹（ギマイ）: a younger-sister-in-law (the wife of one’s younger brother or a younger sister of your spouse)
弟妹（テイマイ）: younger brothers and sisters
異母妹（イボマイ）: a younger half-sister with a different mother
異父妹（イフマイ）: a younger half-sister with a different father
妹（いもうと）: one’s younger sister
妹婿（いもうとむこ）: the husband of a younger sister
妹背（いもせ）: husband and wife
* 妹（いも） used to mean one’s wife / girlfriend
Place names:
妹尾（せのお）: Senoo in Okayama Prefecture
妹町（いもとチョウ）: Imoto-cho in Shiga Prefecture
#妹 is a combination of 女 (female) and 未 (future). We have to be careful with the length of the horizontal lines on the right hand side as 末 is a different character meaning “end”.
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