"姉弟" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ɕi̥te̞ː] Forms: 姉弟 [canonical] (ruby: (), (てい)), shitei [romanization]
Etymology: From 姉 (shi, “elder sister”) + 弟 (tei, “younger brother”, 漢音 (kan'on)). Compare 兄弟 (kyōdai, “brothers”), 兄妹 (keimai, “elder brother and younger sister”). Etymology templates: {{af|ja|姉|弟|pos2=<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">漢音</i> (kan'on)|sort=してい|t1=elder sister|t2=younger brother|tr1=shi|tr2=tei}} 姉 (shi, “elder sister”) + 弟 (tei, “younger brother”, 漢音 (kan'on)) Head templates: {{ja-noun|してい}} 姉(し)弟(てい) • (shitei)
  1. elder sister and younger brother Related terms: 姉妹 (shimai) (ruby: (), (まい)), 弟妹 (teimai) (ruby: (てい), (まい))
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

soft-redirect

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-姉弟-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8
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Download raw JSONL data for 姉弟 meaning in Japanese (2.0kB)

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