Memory phrase for the Kanji: 姉
|
|
姉 |
|
Kanji-Trainer
|
|
|
|
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
|
woman | The stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja. |
|
市
|
city, market place | This 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". |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
|
Vocabulary
| お姉さん |
おねえさん |
(honorable) older sister |
| 姉 |
あね |
(hum) older sister |
| 姉妹 |
しまい |
sisters |
| 姉貴 |
あねき |
elder sister (respectful) |
| 従姉妹 |
いとこ |
(uk) cousin (female) |
|
|
