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兄 kanji
elder brother, big brother
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ケイキョウ
Kun readings
あに
Words with 兄
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —諸兄dear friends; (all of) you or those men
- —兄事defer to another as if an older brother
- —賢兄wise elder brother; polite reference to another's older brother, or to one's senior
- —愚兄(one's) older brother; foolish older brother
- —阿兄elder brother; my dear brother
- —学兄my learned friend
- —大兄older brother; you
- —腐兄man who likes comics depicting male homosexual love (usually targeted to women)
- —王兄king's elder brother
- —兄弟older and younger brothers; brothers
- —再従兄elder second cousin
- —父兄会parents' association
- —諸兄姉ladies and gentlemen
- —兄妹愛brother-sister love; love between an older brother and younger sister; sibling affection
- —異母兄older half-brother (by a different mother)
- —異父兄older half-brother (by a different father)
- —四海兄弟people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood
- —愚兄賢弟a foolish older brother and a smart younger
- —三従兄弟second cousin
- —兄弟牆に鬩ぐto quarrel among friends (or siblings)