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The kanji 弟: meaning, readings and stroke order
弟
- Meaning
- little brother
- On reading
- テイ tei、ダイ dai、デ* de
- Kun reading
- おとうと otouto
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 弓 bow
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- em trai (đệ)
- Japanese
- おとうと。
- Korean
- 남동생 (제)
- Chinese
- 弟弟
Readings, words and example sentences
テイ tei · on reading · less common
子弟
young people, children
村の 子弟を よく 教えます。
He teaches the young people of the village well.
ダイ dai · on reading
兄弟
brothers and sisters
うちは 兄弟が 三人 います。
There are three brothers and sisters in my family.
おとうと otouto · kun reading
弟
little brother
弟は 二年生です。
My little brother is in second grade.
* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.
Practise writing 弟 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 弟 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.