Memory phrase for the Kanji: 姉

姉

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Meaning elder sister

Pronunciation

SHI
ane

Explanation

Left: woman 女, right: city/marketplace 市

Mnemonic
 
The woman in the city is my elder sister.

Radicals

女 womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja.
市 city, market placeThis radical is a combination of a cover: 亠 and cloth: 巾
巾 cloth, width巾 [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".
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 Vocabulary

姉 あね  (hum) older sister
姉妹 しまい  sisters
お姉さん おねえさん  (honorable) older sister
姉貴 あねき  elder sister (respectful)
従姉妹 いとこ  cousin (female)

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