Entry
  1. Noun

    couple; husband and wife; man and wife

    Archaic

  2. sibling; brother and sister

    Archaic

Also written 妹兄【いもせ】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

younger sister

Kun
いもうと
On
マイ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1446 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3e5.4The Kanji Dictionary
4549.0Four corner code
1764deroo
59b9Unicode hex code
1-43-69JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1204Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1199New Nelson (John Haig)
278New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
333Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
208Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
250Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
220Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
234Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1204A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
848Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
427Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6138Morohashi
207A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
408Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
412Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
319sakade
153Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
226henshall3
166Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
78Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
441Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
225Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
mei4Pinyin reading
maeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel

Kun
せいそむ.くそむ.ける
On
ハイ
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N3
Frequency
696 of 2500
Radical
meat
WaniKani
Level 30

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-5-4SKIP code
4b5.15The Kanji Dictionary
1122.7, 1222.7Four corner code
1246deroo
80ccUnicode hex code
1-39-56JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3754Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4794New Nelson (John Haig)
2573New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3182Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1641Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2230Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
446Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
481Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
796A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
957Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
933Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
29363Morohashi
957A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1265Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1338Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
845Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
967henshall3
893Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1085Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1017Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
455Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
bei4, bei1Pinyin reading
bae, paeKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
30WaniKani level