Used to mean 누나 (for males) or 언니 (for females) in Korean.

Formed with 女 (woman) as the semantic element + 市 (market / assembly) as the phonetic element.
The 女 component gives the meaning “female.”
市 lends sound and also suggests the idea of social order or ranking, reflecting the role of the elder sister as a figure of precedence within the family hierarchy.

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Vocabulary

to lose, to miss, to make a mistake

strange, unusual, uncanny, occult

to make a bond, to contract, to carve

good, favorable, pleasant, to like, to be fond of

pregnancy, conception

to envy, to be jealous

younger sister, female sibling

wife

elder sister, older female sibling

at first, for the first time, beginning, formerly

surname, family name, clan name

adultery, fornication, illicit sexual relations

appearance, figure, grace, bearing

to conceive, to be pregnant

to marry, marriage, wedding

married woman, lady, wife, daughter-in-law

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