Entry
  1. Noun

    little brother; younger brother

  2. my younger brother

    Humble (kenjougo) language

  3. Pronoun

    I; me

    Humble (kenjougo) languageMale term or languageused mainly in letterssee 大兄

Also written 少弟【しょうてい】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

little, small

Kun
ちい.さいこ-お-さ-
On
ショウ
Strokes
3
Taught
Grade 1
JLPT
N5
Frequency
114 of 2500
Radical
small
WaniKani
Level 2

Built from

Used in names as

いさらこうさざしゃおちいさ

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-1-2SKIP code
3n0.1The Kanji Dictionary
9000.0Four corner code
1141deroo
5c0fUnicode hex code
1-30-14JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1355Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1389New Nelson (John Haig)
7New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
7Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
105Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
110Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
63A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
21Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
33Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
7473Morohashi
36A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
27Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
27Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
24sakade
46Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
27henshall3
15Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
126crowley
88Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
511Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
106Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiao3Pinyin reading
soKorean reading
n5JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
2WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

younger brother, faithful service to elders

Kun
おとうと
On
テイダイ
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1161 of 2500
Radical
bow
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-2-5, 4-7-3SKIP code
2o5.1The Kanji Dictionary
8022.7Four corner code
944deroo
5f1fUnicode hex code
1-36-79JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
584Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1685New Nelson (John Haig)
2044New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2537Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1291Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1759Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1240Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1328Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1090A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
764Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
446Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9737Morohashi
177A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
405Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
409Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
282sakade
168Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
194henshall3
150Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
76Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.8busy_people
607Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1248Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
di4Pinyin reading
jeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level