姐 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 姉の俗語。
  2. 女子の通称。
  3. おごる。
  4. 職人や博徒等の親分の妻。姉御。
  5. 客商売の家に使われる女中。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「女」+音符「且」。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

elder sister, maidservant

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • シャ
Kun (native)
  • あね
  • ねえさん
Other languages
  • 拼音jie3
  • 한글jeo
  • Hán-ViệtTả
  • Hán-ViệtThư

Basics

Strokes
8 strokes
Radical
子(こ)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+59D0

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰女且

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-3-5
Four Corner
4741.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
3e5.5
Heisig
2318
Nelson
1202