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兄 : Elder brother

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elder brother, big brother

On 'yomi:
ケイ(kei) キョウ(u)
Kun 'yomi:
あに(ani)
Nanori:
(e)(se) よし(yoshi)
Strokes:5
Radical: (10)
Usage Rating:1219
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:2
Unicode:05144
jis208:23-27
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兄 Usage examples

(あけい)elder brother, my dear brother
(がっけい)my learned friend
弟の義を結ぶ(きょうだいのぎをむすぶ)become sworn brothers
(たいけい)you (in ref. to male of greater age or status)
中の(なかのあに)middle brother
弟喧嘩(きょうだいげんか)
弟げんか(きょうだいげんか)
quarrel between brothers
(あにうえ)older brother
ちゃん(あんちゃん)sonny (with a nuance of suspicion), lad
義理の(ぎりのあに)stepbrother (elder)
四海(しかいけいてい)people in the whole world being all brothers, universal brotherhood
弟弟子(きょうだいでし)fellow pupil (apprentice)
賢弟(ぐけいけんてい)a foolish older brother and a smart younger
(あにじゃ)older brother
者人(あにじゃひと)older brother
弟違い(いとこちがい)first-cousin once removed
貴風を吹かす(あにきかぜをふかす)to act patronizingly
欲張りさん(よくばりにいさん)greedy materialistic older brother, dirty old man
弟姉妹(きょうだいしまい)brothers and sisters, siblings