Kanji

elder sister

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

8 strokes

Radical

女部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

あね, はは

Nanori (Name Reading)

あね, え

Common Readings

シ, あね

Example sentences

あね
姉は学校で先生をしています。

My older sister is a teacher at a school.

嫁ぐ とつぐ
姉は遠い町へ嫁いでいった。

My older sister married and moved to a distant town.

お姉ちゃん おねえちゃん
私のお姉ちゃんはとても優しい。

My big sister is very kind.

お姉さん おねえさん
あそこに座っているお姉さんに、道を聞いてみよう。

Let's try asking that young lady sitting over there for directions.

お姉 おねえ
私のお姉さんはとても優しいです。

My big sister is very kind.

姉さん ねえさん
姉さんはとても優しいです。

My older sister is very kind.

姉妹 しまい
その三人の姉妹は、とても仲が良い。

The three sisters are very close.

愛憎 あいぞう
姉妹の間には愛憎が渦巻いていた

Love and hate swirled between the sisters.

姉ちゃん ねえちゃん
私の姉ちゃんは、いつも美味しい料理を作ってくれる。

My sister always makes delicious food for me.

姉弟 してい
彼らは仲の良い姉弟だ。

They are a close-knit sister and brother.

Example Vocabulary

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