Kanji
姉
N4
8 strokes
Grade 2
freq #1473
elder sister
On'yomi (音読み)
シ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
あね、 はは
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
姉妹
しまい
sisters
義姉
ぎし
sister-in-law (spouse's older sister or older brother's wife)
兄姉
けいし
older brother and older sister
実姉
じっし
biological older sister; real elder sister
従姉妹
いとこ
cousin (female)
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
姉
あね
older sister; elder sister
姉さん
ねえさん
older sister; elder sister
お姉さん
おねえさん
older sister; elder sister
Example sentences
彼（かれ）は私（わたし）の姉（あね）と結婚（けっこん）した。
He married my sister.
彼女（かのじょ）は姉（あね）たちとジャックを訪（おとず）れると言（い）った。
She said that she would visit Jack with her sisters.
彼（かれ）ばかりでなく彼（かれ）の姉妹（しまい）達（たち）も今（いま）は京都（きょうと）に住（す）んでいます。
His sisters as well as he are now living in Kyoto.
彼（かれ）ばかりでなく彼（かれ）の姉妹（しまい）達（たち）も映画（えいが）を見に行（みにい）った。
Not only he but also his sisters went to the movies.