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姉 = 市 + 女
姉 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “elder sister”. It is built from 市 (market) and 女 (woman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 442.
- Keyword
- elder sister
- RTK frame
- 442
- Strokes
- 8
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- あね, はは
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- старшая сестра
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 姉 elder sister
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 姉 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “market” + “woman”. 姉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 姉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.