弟
younger brother; faithful service to elders
7 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1161.
Readings
- おとうと (kun reading): 弟 (おとうと) younger brother; 弟弟子 (おとうとでし) younger pupil (of the same master)
- ダイ (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
- テイ (on reading): 子弟 (してい) children; 門弟 (もんてい) disciple
- デ (on reading): 弟子 (でし) pupil; 兄弟子 (あにでし) senior pupil (of the same master)
- Read as a whole word: 又従兄弟 (またいとこ) second cousin
Components
- 八
- 弔
- 丿
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
- 弓 radical bow
Kanji containing 弟
Words using 弟
- 弟 (おとうと) younger brother
- 弟弟子 (おとうとでし) younger pupil (of the same master)
- 弟分 (おとうとぶん) sworn younger brother
- 弟さん (おとうとさん) younger brother
- 弟御 (おとうとご) your younger brother
- 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
- 子弟 (してい) children
- 門弟 (もんてい) disciple
- 実弟 (じってい) biological younger brother
- 姉弟 (してい) older sister and younger brother
- 従弟 (じゅうてい) cousin (younger male)
- 弟子 (でし) pupil
- 兄弟子 (あにでし) senior pupil (of the same master)
- 内弟子 (うちでし) private pupil
- 孫弟子 (まごでし) disciples of one's disciples
- 新弟子 (しんでし) new disciple
- 又従兄弟 (またいとこ) second cousin
- 再従兄弟 (はとこ) second cousin
- 弟切草 (おとぎりそう) Hypericum erectum (species of St. John's wort)
- 弟小父 (おとおじ) parent's younger brother
- 弟月 (おとづき) 12th lunar month
- 弟 (おとと) younger sibling
82 words in all.