兄

兄 — elder brother, big brother

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 5
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #1219 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: けい kei

きょう kyou
Kun'yomi: あに ani

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 兄

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