Jisho

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7 strokes
Radical:
bow
Parts:
younger brother, faithful service to elders
Kun:
おとうと
On:
テイダイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
1161 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 弟 【オトウト】 younger brother, little brother, kid brother, brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband), pupil, apprentice
  • 弟子 【デシ】 pupil, disciple, adherent, follower, apprentice, young person, teacher's student-helper
  • 実弟 【ジッテイ】 biological younger brother
  • 子弟 【シテイ】 children, sons, children and younger brothers, young people
  • 親兄弟 【オヤキョウダイ】 parents and siblings, one's relatives
  • 姉弟 【シテイ】 older sister and younger brother
  • 弟子 【デシ】 pupil, disciple, adherent, follower, apprentice, young person, teacher's student-helper
  • 弟子入り 【デシイリ】 becoming a pupil (of), becoming an apprentice

Kun reading compounds

  • 弟 【おとうと】 younger brother, little brother, kid brother, brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband), pupil, apprentice
  • 弟君 【おとうとぎみ】 younger brother

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4
Korean:
je

Spanish

  • hermano menor

Portuguese

  • irmão mais jovem

French

  • frère cadet
  • apprenti
  • disciple
  • service déférent aux ainés
282 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
194 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
177 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1090 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
584 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
446 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
168 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
764 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.8 Japanese for Busy People
405 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
409 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
76 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
607 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2537 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1291 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1759 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1248 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
9737 Morohashi
2044 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1685 New Nelson (John Haig)
1240 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1328 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
150 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
944 2001 Kanji
2o5.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-5 SKIP code
4-7-3 SKIP code
8022.7 Four corner code
1-36-79 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5f1f Unicode hex code

13 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
marry into, bride
Kun:
よめとつ.ぐい.くゆ.く
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1581 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 嫁す 【カス】 to wed, to be married, to shift blame to someone else
  • 嫁する 【カスル】 to wed, to be married, to shift blame to someone else
  • 責任転嫁 【セキニンテンカ】 shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone), passing the buck
  • 再嫁 【サイカ】 remarriage (of a woman)

Kun reading compounds

  • 嫁 【よめ】 bride, (one's) daughter-in-law, wife
  • 嫁入り 【よめいり】 marriage, wedding
  • 新嫁 【しんよめ】 newly-wed bride
  • 弟嫁 【おとうとよめ】 younger brother's wife
  • 嫁ぐ 【とつぐ】 to marry (of a woman), to become a bride, to marry into (a family), to have sexual intercourse

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia4
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • novia
  • nuera
  • casarse
  • dar responsabilidad

Portuguese

  • Casar
  • noiva

French

  • prendre mari
  • mariage
  • belle-fille
1049 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1469 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1249 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1223 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1199 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1749 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1873 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
599 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
451 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
780 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
458 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
582 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
548 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6602 Morohashi
635 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1256 New Nelson (John Haig)
542 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
581 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1617 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1751 2001 Kanji
3e10.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-10 SKIP code
4343.2 Four corner code
1-18-39 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5ac1 Unicode hex code