妹 mèi younger sister
Made up of [女 nǚ female; woman radical 38, 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not ]Made with 8 strokes.
Combines the female radical with a component meaning 'not yet' and so still a girl or younger sister - also serves as rough phonetic
Ancient small seal form 
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Also uses 女 nǚ component: 矮 ǎi (low) 安 ān (peace) ; 妇 fù (woman) ; 姑 gū (paternal aunt) ; 好 hǎo (good) ; 婚 hūn (to marry) ; 姐 jiě (elder sister) ; 楼 lóu (multi-story building) ; 妈 mā (mother) ; 奶 nǎi (milk) ; 如 rú (as) ; 始 shǐ (to begin) ; 她 tā (she) ; 妄 wàng (absurd) ; 姓 xìng (surname) ; 要 yào (want)