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兄xiōng弟dì姐jiě妹mèi

  1. brothers and sisters; siblings

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Japanese data from JMdict, JMnedict, KANJIDIC2, and RADKFILE/KRADFILE (EDRDG). Chinese from CC-CEDICT. French and English from English Wiktionary via Wiktextract. Example sentences from Tatoeba. Stroke diagrams from KanjiVG. JLPT levels follow Jonathan Waller's lists. Full credits on the data and licences page.

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4
兄
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

elder brother

Pinyin
xiōng
Strokes
5
Frequency
21692 of 2500
Words starting with 兄Words ending in 兄Anywhere in a word
弟
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

younger brother, junior male, I (modest word in letter)

Pinyin
dì
Strokes
7
Frequency
14766 of 2500
Words starting with 弟Words ending in 弟Anywhere in a word
姐
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

older sister

Pinyin
jiě
Strokes
8
Frequency
4935 of 2500
Words starting with 姐Words ending in 姐Anywhere in a word
妹
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

younger sister

Pinyin
mèi
Strokes
8
Frequency
6910 of 2500
Words starting with 妹Words ending in 妹Anywhere in a word