"弟" meaning in Japanese

See 弟 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

  1. Tags: grade-2-kanji, kanji, no-gloss
    Sense id: en-弟-ja-character-47DEQpj8 Categories (other): Grade 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant transliterations

Noun

IPA: [o̞to̞ːto̞] Forms: 弟 [canonical] (ruby: 弟(おとうと)), otōto [romanization], おとっ [alternative, hiragana], oto' [Rōmaji]
Etymology: /otopito/ → /otoɸito/ → /otowito/ → /*otowuto/ → /otouto/ → /otoːto/ Originally a compound of 弟 (oto, “younger sibling”) + 人 (hito, “person”). Etymology templates: {{m|ja||弟|tr=otōto}} 弟 (otōto), {{compound|ja|弟|人|sort=おとうと|t1=younger sibling|t2=person|tr1=oto|tr2=hito}} 弟 (oto, “younger sibling”) + 人 (hito, “person”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|おとうと}} 弟(おとうと) • (otōto)
  1. one’s own younger brother Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-弟-ja-noun-gJEdaLgt Disambiguation of Family: 0 39 0 61 Categories (other): Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 35 2 2 1 0 24 2 35
  2. a younger male
    Sense id: en-弟-ja-noun-FEfVt26m
  3. (Kagoshima) younger brother Tags: Kagoshima Categories (topical): Family
    Sense id: en-弟-ja-noun-aZ4o9D77 Disambiguation of Family: 0 39 0 61 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Kagoshima Japanese, Pages with raw sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese words with multiple readings Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 35 2 2 1 0 24 2 35 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 39 1 60 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with topic categories using raw markup: 0 39 2 59 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 39 1 59 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 39 3 58 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 38 2 60 Disambiguation of Japanese words with multiple readings: 0 39 3 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for 弟 meaning in Japanese (4.1kB)

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