Mei (pinyin: mèi) is a first-class word in the General Standard of Chinese. . First seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions? . The original meaning is a younger woman who is with her parents, and later it is extended to a girl or a woman.
Interpretation of ancient books
Female brother also. Never heard from a woman. Mopeche？
Notes on Shuo Wen Jie Zi
Female brother also.
Defend Sister Dong Gong Feng. Chuanyue. A woman is a sister.
From women. There is no sound.
Mopeche fifteen. According to the explanation. Sister, Ji Ye. Sister, ignorance. Forget the word. The white tiger said. Sister, consultant. Sister, at the end of the also. It seems to have started from the end. ?
Kangxi dictionary
Guang Yun, Ji Yun, Yun Hui and Zheng Yun? Mo Peiqie's ambiguous "Shuowen": female brother also. Poetry and elegance: sisters in heaven. Feng Wei: the younger sister of the East Palace.
I'm also a half-brother and sister. "Zuo Zhuan Cheng Eleven Years": Sheng Bo married his sister to Shi Xiaoshu.
"Yi Shuo Gua": The upper shock changes the lower, and it belongs to your sister. Miscellaneous hexagrams: When you return to your sister, a woman will die.
It's "Jiyun" motorcycle again. The voice is dull. Yitong
It is also a place name. Book and Wine: Ming Ming lives in the sister state.
Country name. Zhou Shu in Jizhong: Gu Meizhen. Note: Gu Mei's country belongs to Vietnam.
Etymological evolution:
Pictophonetic characters come from women and are silent. The word "sister" in Oracle Bone Inscriptions comes from "female" or "Wei" left, right and down; From female or from "mother", because Oracle Bone Inscriptions's "female" and "mother" were originally the same word, but later they were separated. The inscriptions on bronze and Warring States are the same as the seal script in Shuowen. The original meaning is a younger woman who is with her parents.