# Why 妹妹 is little sister and not younger sister?

**URL:** <https://community.hanzihero.com/t/why-is-little-sister-and-not-younger-sister/2561>\
**Category:** Bugs & Errors\
**Created:** [July 28, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/why-is-little-sister-and-not-younger-sister/2561 "2024-07-28T12:21:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![mrBen](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/mrben/32/496_2.png) [@mrBen](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/mrBen)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/why-is-little-sister-and-not-younger-sister/2561/1 "2024-07-28T12:21:31Z")

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Hi,  
I noticed (after I failed 2 time in a row) that the meaning of the word 妹妹 was little sister. This feel odd because the character 妹 is _younger_ sister and both the character 弟 and the word 弟弟 are _younger_ brother.  
Is there a real reason that I missed, or just an oversight?

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**Author:** ![kevin](https://community-cdn.hanzihero.com/user_avatar/community.hanzihero.com/kevin/32/68_2.png) [@kevin](https://community.hanzihero.com/u/kevin)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 12:53pm UTC](https://community.hanzihero.com/t/why-is-little-sister-and-not-younger-sister/2561/2 "2024-07-28T12:53:38Z")

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Welcome!

Yeah, the primary meaning of 妹妹 should be _younger sister_ to match the primary meaning of the character. I’ll fix this in the next curriculum update, while also retaining “little sister” as an alternate meaning (same as it is already for 妹).

In the mean time you can also add “younger sister” as a [word user synonym](https://hanzihero.com/docs/word-user-synonyms) so that it is always marked as correct in your reviews.

Thanks for the report, please feel free to let us know of any other discrepancies you come across. 👍🙏