Translingual

Han character

姉 (radical 38 女+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 女十月 (VJB) or 女卜中月 (VYLB), composition ⿰女市)

1. elder sister

References

• KangXi: page 258, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6165
• Dae Jaweon: page 523, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1029, character 16
• Unihan data for U+59C9

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. older sister

Readings

• On: し (shi)
• Kun: あね (ane)

Alternative forms

• 姐

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) あね [àné] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [ã̠ne̞]

Noun

姉 ‎(hiragana あね, romaji ane)

1. one's own older sister

Synonyms

• お姉 (ねえ)さん ‎(onēsan)
• お姉 (ねえ)ちゃん ‎(onēchan)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

姉 • ‎(ja)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 자 (revised: ja, McCune-Reischauer: cha)

• Name (hangeul): 손윗누이 (revised: sonwitnui, McCune-Reischauer: sonwitnui)

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Compounds

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 姉

Vietnamese

Han character

姉 (chị, tỷ)

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