Memory phrase for the character: 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	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".

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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