Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

1473 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: elder sister

Kunyomi: あね はは

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

妹(しまい)   sisters

(あね)   one's own older sister

*おさん(おねえさん)   older sister [hon.]

Onyomi Examples

honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status

シマイ sisters

ジッシ biological older sister, real elder sister

ケイシ brother and sister

Kunyomi Examples

あね older sister, elder sister

さん ねえさん older sister, elder sister, young lady, miss, ma'am

おおあね eldest sister