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Kanji Detail for 姪 - "niece, family, relative"
姪
- Meaning
姪 means "niece, family, relative."
Niece - A sibling's daughter.
Nephew - A sibling's child (historically used for both).
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
niece
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
brother's child
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
brother's son; nephew
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
niece
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Nephew/niece. Originally the counterpart to 姑. A woman's term for her brothers' children. Since Jin dynasty, became a general term for uncles' relations.
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