Japanese word
兄弟
きょうだい
In your course · Chapter 6
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- A1
- Frequency
- No. 742 in the course corpus
Meanings
- siblings
- brothers and sisters
- half-siblings
- step-siblings
- siblings by marriage or adoption
- mate
- friend
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 兄
- On reading:
- キョウ、ケイ
- Kun reading:
- あに
- Meanings:
- elder brother, big brother
- 弟
- On reading:
- ダイ、テイ、デ
- Kun reading:
- おとうと
- Meanings:
- younger brother, faithful service to elders
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))