Kanji Detail for 甥 - "nephew, son-in-law, grandchild"

甥

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning
甥 means "nephew, son-in-law, grandchild."
1. Nephew - The son of one's sibling.
2. Son-in-law - The husband of one's daughter.
3. Grandchild - A daughter's child; an external grandchild.
Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

nephew

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

niece, sister's child

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

(bound form) sister's son; nephew

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

niece, nephew; sister's child

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

A sister's child is called 甥 (nephew/niece). | A son-in-law is also called 甥. (Mencius) "The Emperor lodged his son-in-law in the second chamber."
Onyomi

sei(セイ)

shoh(ショウ)

soh(ソウ)
Kunyomi

muko(むこ)

oi(おい)
Strokes

12 strokes
Radical

生 (ikiru・umareru)
Related Keywords
nephew son-in-law grandchild relative family kin sibling's child