兄 (xiōng)
elder brother
How 兄 is written
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 口 — mouth
- Traditional
- 兄
- Simplified
- 兄 (unchanged)
Components
- 口 mouth
- 儿 legs
Common words using 兄
- 兄弟 xiōngdì
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 兄妹 xiōngmèi
- brother(s) and sister(s)
- 師兄 shīxiōng
- senior male fellow student or apprentice; son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
- 仁兄 rénxiōng
- (honorific written address) My dear friend
- 兄嫂 xiōngsǎo
- elder brother and his wife
- 兄弟會 xiōngdìhuì
- fraternity
- 兄長 xiōngzhǎng
- elder brother; term of respect for a man of about the same age
- 堂兄 tángxiōng
- older male cousin (sharing paternal grandfather)
- 堂兄弟 tángxiōngdì
- father's brother's sons; paternal male cousin
- 弟兄 dìxiong
- brothers; comrade
- 弟兄們 dìxiōngmen
- brethren
- 父兄 fùxiōng
- father and elder brother(s); head of the family; patriarch
兄 in a sentence
他們是好兄弟。
Tāmen shì hǎo xiōngdì.
“They are good brothers.”
How common is 兄?
兄 is the 1,087th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 90.5% of all running text.
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