兄
older brother; elder brother; big brother
5 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1219.
Readings
- あに (kun reading): 兄 (あに) older brother; 兄貴 (あにき) elder brother
- キョウ (on reading): 兄弟 (きょうだい) brothers and sisters; 兄弟姉妹 (きょうだいしまい) brothers and sisters
- ケイ (on reading): 従兄 (じゅうけい) cousin (older male); 実兄 (じっけい) biological older brother
- Read as a whole word: 又従兄弟 (またいとこ) second cousin; 兄鷂 (このり) musket (male Eurasian sparrowhawk)
Components
Kanji containing 兄
Words using 兄
- 兄 (あに) older brother
- 兄貴 (あにき) elder brother
- 兄弟子 (あにでし) senior pupil (of the same master)
- 兄者 (あにじゃ) older brother
- 兄嫁 (あによめ) elder brother's wife
- 兄弟 (きょうだい) brothers and sisters
- 兄弟姉妹 (きょうだいしまい) brothers and sisters
- 義兄弟 (ぎきょうだい) brother-in-law
- 異母兄弟 (いぼきょうだい) half-sibling (with a different mother)
- 穴兄弟 (あなきょうだい) men who have had sex with the same woman
- 従兄 (じゅうけい) cousin (older male)
- 実兄 (じっけい) biological older brother
- 長兄 (ちょうけい) eldest brother
- 義兄 (ぎけい) brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
- 次兄 (じけい) second elder brother
- 又従兄弟 (またいとこ) second cousin
- 兄鷂 (このり) musket (male Eurasian sparrowhawk)
- お兄ちゃん (おにいちゃん) (one's) older brother
- お兄さん (おにいさん) older brother
- 兄さん (にいさん) older brother
- 兄ちゃん (にいちゃん) (one's) older brother
- 再従兄弟 (はとこ) second cousin
91 words in all.