姪 – niece

9 strokesJinmeiyō (names)N2 vocabulary

The kanji 姪 means niece. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is テツ、チツ、ジチ、イツ、イチ (tetsu, chitsu, jichi, itsu, ichi); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is めい、おい (mei, oi). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 女 (no. 38).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	テツ	tetsu
On’yomi	チツ	chitsu
On’yomi	ジチ	jichi
On’yomi	イツ	itsu
On’yomi	イチ	ichi
Kun’yomi	めい	mei
Kun’yomi	おい	oi

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: 至・女・土・厶.

Words using 姪

姪めいniece

Example sentences

その姪は彼女の叔母さんのように見えます。

The niece looks like her aunt.

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Kanji with the same radical

女委始好姿婦妻婚妥威妙娘嫌妊妹姉

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