姉

姉 — elder sister

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 8
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #1473 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: し shi
Kun'yomi: あね ane

はは haha

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 姉

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