| Kanji | 兄 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ケイ、キョウ | 
| Kunyomi | あに | 
| Nanori | え, せ, よし | 
| English | elder brother, big brother | 
| Examples | 兄(あに): older brother 兄弟(きょうだい): siblings; brothers and sisters お兄さん(おにいさん): (1) older brother; elder brother (2) (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie 従兄弟(いとこ): cousin (male) | 
| JLPT Level | 4 | 
| Jouyou Grade | 2 | 
| Frequency | 1219 | 
| Components | 口: mouth 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) | 
| Number of Strokes | 5 | 
| Kanji Radical | 儿 | 
| Radical Number | 10 | 
| Radical Strokes | 2 | 
| Radical Reading | にんにょう・ひとあし | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic | 
| Keyword | elder brother | 
| Koohii Story 1 | My elder brother was basically a mouth on legs when he was a teenager. | 
| Koohii Story 2 | Mother, why is elder brother´s mouth between the neighbor girl´s legs? | 
| RTK Index (new) | 107 | 
Tags: jlpt.n4, grade2, kanjifreq1001-1500, kanji_people_family
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