姉 – vocab dash

Keyword

older sister

elder sister

Frequency: #1473
Strokes: 8
Grade: 2
JLPT (old): N3
Heisig: 442

Readings

シ67%

あね33%

Mnemonic

Picture a city that only women live in, with tall towers and flower-lined streets, where my older sister is the mayor.

Stroke order

Composed of

女woman 市city

Used in vocabulary

姉あね

older sister; elder sister

Noun

姉ねえさん

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

Noun

姉し妹まい

sisters

Noun

お姉ねえさん

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

Noun

従姉妹いとこ

cousin (female)

Noun

姉ねえちゃん

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

Noun

姉し

honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status

Suffix

姉ねえ

older sister

Suffix

兄けい姉し

older brother and older sister

Noun

義ぎ姉し

sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife); older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister

Noun

姉あね御ご

elder sister

Noun

実じっ姉し

biological older sister; real elder sister

Noun

従じゅう姉し

cousin (older female)

Noun

姉ねえや

young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

Noun

再従姉妹はとこ

second cousin

Noun

大おお姉あね

eldest sister

Noun

大だい姉し

Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)

Noun

長ちょう姉し

eldest sister; oldest sister

Noun

十姉妹じゅうしまつ

Bengalese finch; society finch (Lonchura striata var. domestica)

Noun

諸しょ姉し

you (feminine plural); you ladies

Noun