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姉 kanji
elder sister
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
あねはは
Variant forms
姊Words with 姉
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N1姉妹Popularsisters
- —義姉Popularsister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister
- —姉honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
- —兄姉older brother and older sister
- —姉弟older sister and younger brother
- —従姉cousin (older female)
- —亡姉one's late elder sister
- —令姉your elder sister
- —貴姉your older sister; you
- —実姉biological older sister; real elder sister
- —諸姉you (feminine plural); you ladies
- —愚姉older sister
- —長姉eldest sister; oldest sister
- —大姉Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)
- —次姉one's next oldest sister; second elder sister
- —王姉king's elder sister
- —同母姉sisters of the same mother; uterine sisters
- —姉妹校sister school
- —姉妹編companion (sister) volume (to); sequel (to)
- —姉妹語sister language; related language; cognate