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Readings

Kana: ソウ、あによめ

Romaji: sou, aniyome

Kana

Romaji

Meaning

elder brother's wife

Stroke Diagram

Kanji Info

Stroke Count: 13

Radical Number: 38

Frequency:

Grade:

Skip Pattern: 1-3-10

Korean Reading: su

Chinese Reading: sao3

Unicode: 5ac2

JIS: 553F

Indexes

Nelson Index: 1245

New Nelson Index: 1252

Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3e9.1

Four Corner Index: 4744.7

Daikanwanjiten Index: 6603

Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 3.0745

Words

兄嫁 (あによめ)

elder brother's wife; sister-in-law