姉 – elder sister

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The kanji 姉 means elder sister. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シ (shi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あね、はは (ane, hawa). It is written with 8 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シ	shi
Kun’yomi	あね	ane
Kun’yomi	はは	hawa

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 女 (Kangxi radical 38). Components: 巾・女・亠.

Words using 姉

姉あねolder sisterお姉さんおねえさんolder sister姉妹しまいsisters従姉妹いとこcousin (female)

Example sentences

姉は私のズボンにアイロンをかけてくれる。

My sister presses my trousers.

Tatoeba #168901

あなたのお姉さんは審美感があるね。

Your sister has a sense of beauty.

Tatoeba #233601

ねえ蓮、お姉さんが手をつないであげようか？キミは毎年すぐにはぐれちゃうもんね。

By the way, Ren. Should I take your hand? Every year you wander off.

Tatoeba #75614

Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹妨

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.