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JLPT N5 · Family

お姉さん

おねえさん

older sister (polite)

Stroke order of お姉さん

4 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

お · 3 strokes姉 · 8 strokesさ · 3 strokesん · 1 strokes

Memory trick

姉 joins a woman 女 with a market 市, the older sister who shops and guides.

Parts: お polite + 姉 older sister + さん

The characters in お姉さん

  • お お — o (3 strokes)
  • 姉 あね — (my) older sister (8 strokes)
  • さ さ — sa (3 strokes)
  • ん ん — n (the only lone consonant) (1 strokes)

Example sentence

お姉さんは働いています。

おねえさんははたらいています。

My older sister is working.

Words with 姉

姉(my) older sister

More words: Family

お父さんfather (polite)お母さんmother (polite)お兄さんolder brother (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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