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嫂
sǎo
1. older brother's wife
2. sister-in-law
Uncommon • Top 87% ✏️ 13 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

嫂
sǎo
sister-in-law, elder brother's wife
HSK 6 12 丶

Compound Words (9)

兄嫂
xiōngsǎo
elder brother and his wife
大嫂
dàsǎo
older brother's wife
嫂嫂
sǎosao
older brother's wife
嫂子
sǎozi
(coll.) older brother's wife
HSK 6
家嫂
jiāsǎo
(polite) my sister-in-law
月嫂
yuèsǎo
woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth
空嫂
kōngsǎo
married stewardess of mature age
舅嫂
jiùsǎo
wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law
军嫂
jūnsǎo
serviceman's wife

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,141
Word Frequency Rank
73,218 of 84,292

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