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The kanji 姉: meaning, readings and stroke order

姉

Meaning
big sister
On reading
シ shi
Kun reading
あね ane
Strokes
8
Radical
女 woman, female
Level
Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Stroke order of 姉, 8 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
chị gái (tỷ)
Japanese
あね。おねえさん。
Korean
언니, 누나 (자)
Chinese
姐姐

Readings, words and example sentences

シ shi · on reading

あね ane · kun reading

Practise writing 姉 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 姉 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.