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Kanji Detail for 兄 - "older brother, a respectful term, celestial stem"

  • Meaning

    兄 means "older brother, a respectful term, celestial stem."

    1. Older brother - The older male among siblings.

    2. A respectful term - A word showing respect for close friends.

    3. Celestial stem - Those assigned to the yang of the ten stems.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    elder brother; big brother

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    elder brother

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    elder brother

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    elder brother

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A male born first is the elder brother (兄). | Peers addressing each other also use 兄. Such as 仁兄 (dear brother).
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Sentences including

  • She has no brothers.

  • Do you have any brothers?

  • My brother lives in a small village.

  • My older brother did all the preparation for us.

  • My brother is a college student.

  • My brother helped me to do my assignment.

  • I hope your brother is better.

  • My brother helped me with my homework.

  • I as well as my brother am to blame.

  • My father and my brother work in this factory.

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