Readings

Kana: シ、あね、はは
Romaji: shi, ane, haha
Kana
Romaji

Meaning

elder sister

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  38
Frequency:  1473
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-3-5
Korean Reading:  ja
Chinese Reading:  zi3
Unicode:  59c9
JIS:  3B50

Indexes

Halpern Index: 280
Nelson Index: 1207

Words

(あね)
older sister; elder sister
(ねえ)
used after the name of someone who is an older sister figure; used with various honorifics to mean (older) sister
姉さん (ねえさん、あねさん)
elder sister; (vocative) young lady; miss (referring to a waitress, etc.); ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors)
従姉 (じゅうし、いとこ)
cousin (elder female)
義姉 (ぎし、あね)
sister-in-law (elder); stepsister (elder)
()
honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status
姉妹 (しまい、きょうだい)
sisters
従姉妹 (いとこ、じゅうしまい)
cousin (female)
実姉 (じっし)
biological elder sister; real elder sister
姉ちゃん (ねえちゃん)
elder sister; girl
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