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Kanji Details

姉

  • Strokes: 8
  • IDC: ⿰
  • Frequency: 936

Readings

  • On'yomi: シ(呉)
  • Kun'yomi: あね、はは
  • Nanori: あね、え
  • English: elder sister; older sister

Radical: 女 ( おんな・おんなへん ), woman, female


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Example sentences using 姉 ( 18 found )

兄(あに)が急逝(きゅうせい)したのは２年(ねん)前(まえ)、義姉(ぎし)は一人(ひとり)兄(けい)の遺(のこ)した小(ちい)さな宝飾(ほうしょく)店(てん)を健気(けなげ)に守(まも)ってきた。
Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.
彼女(かのじょ)は姉(ねえ)さんが着(き)るのと同(おな)じ種類(しゅるい)の服(ふく)を着(き)る。
She wears the same kinds of clothes as her sister.
彼女(かのじょ)は姉(あね)が着(き)るのと同(おな)じ種類(しゅるい)の服(ふく)を着(き)ている。
She wears the same kind of clothes as her sister wears.