嫂
(bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,786 U+5AC2
How 嫂 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
女 (semantic, “woman”) + 叟 (phonetic, sǒu)
How to remember it
elder brother’s wife · Heisig RSH #2965
女 woman + cake mixer
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 叟
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 叟 (sǒu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叟 sound component | sǒu | old man; elder |
| 搜 | sōu | to seek, to search, to investigate |
| 瘦 | shòu | thin, lean, emaciated; meager |
| 飕 | sōu | a chill breeze; to blow; the sound of the wind |
| 嗖 | sōu | a whizzing sound |
| 溲 | sōu | to urinate; to soak, to drench |
| 螋 | sōu | earwig, millipede, spider |
| 鄋 | sōu | a county in Shandong province |
| 艘 | sōu | measure word for ships or vessels |
| 锼 | sōu | to carve |
Words containing 嫂
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老嫂子 | lǎo sǎo zi | (slang) effeminate man |
| 育儿嫂 | yù ér sǎo | nanny (for infants and toddlers) |
| 嫂子 | sǎo zi | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law |
| 大嫂 | dà sǎo | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older mar… |
| 家嫂 | jiā sǎo | (polite) my sister-in-law |
| 空嫂 | kōng sǎo | married stewardess of mature age |
| 军嫂 | jūn sǎo | wife of a serviceman; soldier's wife |
| 月嫂 | yuè sǎo | woman hired to take care of a newborn child and its mother in the month after childbirth |
| 表嫂 | biǎo sǎo | wife of older male cousin via female line |
| 堂嫂 | táng sǎo | wife of older male cousin via male line |
| 贝嫂 | Bèi sǎo | nickname for Victoria Beckham |
| 兄嫂 | xiōng sǎo | elder brother and his wife |
| 舅嫂 | jiù sǎo | wife's brother's wife, sister-in-law |
| 嫂嫂 | sǎo sao | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; (polite address to a younger married woman) sister |