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JLPT N5 · Family

お兄さん

おにいさん

older brother (polite)

Stroke order of お兄さん

4 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

お · 3 strokes兄 · 5 strokesさ · 3 strokesん · 1 strokes

Memory trick

兄 is a mouth 口 over legs 儿, the older sibling who talks and leads.

Parts: お polite + 兄 older brother + さん

The characters in お兄さん

  • お お — o (3 strokes)
  • 兄 あに — (my) older brother (5 strokes)
  • さ さ — sa (3 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)

Example sentence

お兄さんは大学生です。

おにいさんはだいがくせいです。

My older brother is a university student.

Words with 兄

兄(my) older brother兄弟siblings; brothers従兄弟cousin

More words: Family

お父さんfather (polite)お母さんmother (polite)お姉さんolder sister (polite)弟さんyounger brother (polite)妹さんyounger sister (polite)祖母grandmother夫husband奥さんwife (someone else's)息子son父親father母親mother赤ちゃんbaby一人っ子only child

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