Entry
  1. Noun

    elder brother; older brother

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languagesee 兄様see にいさま

  2. another's elder brother

    Polite (teineigo) language

  3. older man of higher status

    Polite (teineigo) language

Also written 兄さま【あにさま】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elder brother, big brother

Kun
あに
On
ケイキョウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1219 of 2500
Radical
legs
WaniKani
Level 5

Built from

Used in names as

よし

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-2SKIP code
3d2.9The Kanji Dictionary
6021.0Four corner code
3757deroo
5144Unicode hex code
1-23-27JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
875Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
344New Nelson (John Haig)
2154New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2676Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1362Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1848Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
103Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
107Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1049A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
181Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
234Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1343Morohashi
267A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
406Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
410Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
199sakade
122Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
114henshall3
106Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
75Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.18busy_people
142Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
104Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
xiong1Pinyin reading
hyeongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
5WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix

Kun
さまさん
On
ヨウショウ
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
493 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 13

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
1-4-10SKIP code
4a10.25The Kanji Dictionary
4893.2Four corner code
1842deroo
69d8Unicode hex code
1-45-45JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2341Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2821New Nelson (John Haig)
1052New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1332Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
723Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
969Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
933Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1003Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
472A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2099Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
309Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
15352PMorohashi
407A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
403Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
407Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
328sakade
641Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
430henshall3
429Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
216crowley
677Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
1110Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
942Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yang4Pinyin reading
yangKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
13WaniKani level