兄妹

Japanese

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Definitions

(collective) elder brother and younger sister

Etymology

Affix from Japanese 兄 (elder brother, brother, eldest sibling) + Japanese 妹 (younger sister)+ Japanese 漢音 + Japanese 呉音 derived from Chinese 兄妹.

Origin

Chinese

兄妹

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

の Japanese
兄 Japanese
兄分 Japanese
兄弟 Japanese
兄弟子 Japanese
吾 Japanese
呉 Japanese
呉音 Japanese
地鼠 Japanese
妹 Japanese
妹分 Japanese
姉妹 Japanese
姉弟 Japanese
漢 Japanese
漢音 Japanese
義妹 Japanese
音 Japanese
兄妹 Chinese
妹 Old Japanese