"兄妹" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ke̞ːma̠i] Forms: 兄妹 [canonical] (ruby: (けい), (まい)), keimai [romanization]
Etymology: From 兄 (kei, “elder brother”, 漢音 (kan'on)) + 妹 (“younger sister”, 呉音 (goon)), from Middle Chinese 兄妹 (MC xjwaeng mwojH). Compare 兄弟 (kyōdai, “elder brother and younger brother”), 姉弟 (shitei, “elder sister and younger brother”). Etymology templates: {{af|ja|兄|妹|pos1=<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">漢音</i> (kan'on)|pos2=<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">呉音</i> (goon)|sort=けいまい|t1=elder brother|t2=younger sister|tr1=kei}} 兄 (kei, “elder brother”, 漢音 (kan'on)) + 妹 (“younger sister”, 呉音 (goon)), {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=けいまい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|兄妹}} 兄妹 (MC xjwaeng mwojH) Head templates: {{ja-noun|けいまい}} 兄(けい)妹(まい) • (keimai)
  1. elder brother and younger sister Related terms: 姉弟 (shitei) (ruby: (), (てい)) (english: elder sister and younger brother), 兄姉 (keishi) (ruby: (けい), ()) (english: elder sibling), 弟妹 (teimai) (ruby: (てい), (まい)) (english: younger sibling)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-兄妹-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8
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Download raw JSONL data for 兄妹 meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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