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The Kanji Map

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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: シ

Composition: 女 市

姉

Radical

Radical: 女

Reading: おんなへん

Meaning: woman, female

Strokes: 3

Reading: おんなへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

姉妹(しまい)   sisters

姉(あね)   one's own older sister

*お姉さん(おねえさん)   older sister [hon.]

Onyomi Examples

姉 (シ) honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status

姉妹 (シマイ) sisters

実姉 (ジッシ) biological older sister, real elder sister

兄姉 (ケイシ) older brother and older sister

Kunyomi Examples

姉 (あね) older sister, elder sister

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

大姉 (おおあね) eldest sister

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