EntryCommon
  1. Noun

    sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife)

    兄が急逝したのは2年前、義姉は一人兄の遺した小さな宝飾店を健気に守ってきた。
    Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.
  2. older stepsister; older adopted sister; non-blood-related older sister

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Characters in this word

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righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning

On
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N1
Frequency
415 of 2500
Radical
sheep
WaniKani
Level 21

Built from

Used in names as

ただしちかのりよし

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
2-3-10, 2-2-11, 2-6-7SKIP code
2o11.3The Kanji Dictionary
8055.3Four corner code
959deroo
7fa9Unicode hex code
1-21-33JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3668Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4668New Nelson (John Haig)
2338New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2948Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1514Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2052Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
641Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
691Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
287A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1975Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
244Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
28504Morohashi
645A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
291Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
291Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
580sakade
1658Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
674henshall3
771Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
62crowley
493Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1568Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
648Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yi4Pinyin reading
euiKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
21WaniKani level
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elder sister

Kun
あねはは
On
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
1473 of 2500
Radical
woman
WaniKani
Level 6

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-5, 1-3-4SKIP code
3e5.8The Kanji Dictionary
4042.7Four corner code
1744deroo
59c9Unicode hex code
1-27-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1207Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1201New Nelson (John Haig)
280New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
336Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
210Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
253Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
413Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
442Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1329A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
847Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
120Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
6165Morohashi
498A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
407Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
411Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
413sakade
154Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
146henshall3
159Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
77Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
3.15busy_people
438Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
420Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
zi3Pinyin reading
jaKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
6WaniKani level