"姉" meaning in Japanese

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Character

  1. older sister Tags: grade-2-kanji, kanji Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-姉-ja-character-GC~ssSvW Disambiguation of Female family members: 70 30 Categories (other): Grade 2 kanji, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations Disambiguation of Grade 2 kanji: 56 0 44 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 95 5

Noun

IPA: [a̠ne̞] Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (あね)), ane [romanization]
Etymology: From Old Japanese of unclear derivation: * Probably originally a compound of 吾 (a, Eastern Old Japanese first-person pronoun) + の (no, possessive particle) + 兄 (ye → e, “eldest sibling”): *: ⟨a no₂ ye⟩ → */anʉʲɨe/ → /ane/ This word is an apophonic form of 兄 (ani, “elder brother”). * Several other theories have also been suggested. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|吾|の|兄|pos1=Eastern Old Japanese first-person pronoun|pos2=possessive particle|t3=eldest sibling|tr1=a|tr2=no|tr3=ye → e}} 吾 (a, Eastern Old Japanese first-person pronoun) + の (no, possessive particle) + 兄 (ye → e, “eldest sibling”), {{IPAfont|⟨a no₂ ye⟩}} ⟨a no₂ ye⟩, {{m|ja|兄||elder brother|tr=ani}} 兄 (ani, “elder brother”), {{lang|ja|日本古語大辞典}} 日本古語大辞典 Head templates: {{ja-noun|あね}} 姉(あね) • (ane)
  1. elder sister Synonyms: お姉さん (onēsan) (ruby: (ねえ)), お姉ちゃん (onēchan) (ruby: (ねえ)) Coordinate_terms: (ruby: (あに)) (english: elder brother; ani), (otōto) (ruby: (おとうと)) (english: younger brother), (imōto) (ruby: (いもうと)) (english: younger sister)
    Sense id: en-姉-ja-noun-jrU5EyQx

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 姉 meaning in Japanese (3.7kB)

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            "Female people",
            "Family",
            "Female",
            "People",
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