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
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
姉妹
sisters
うちは 三人 姉妹です。
There are three sisters in my family.
あね ane · kun reading
姉
big sister
姉は 中学生です。
My big sister is in junior high school.
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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.