兄 Older Brother

Radical Combination

• 口

  Mouth
• 儿

  Legs

Meaning

Primary

Older Brother

Alternatives

Big Brother, Elder Brother

Mnemonic

Who's someone who's just a mouth with legs? That's your know-it-all older brother, who won't shut up about anything.

Hints

To help this mnemonic along, literally imagine your older brother as someone that's just a giant mouth with a pair of legs walking around. It talks and talks and talks, too, irritating you. Feel the irritation specifically at your older brother. He's older than you, so you can't beat him up... yet.

Readings

On’yomi

きょう, けい

Kun’yomi

あに, にい

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You wish you could box your loud-mouth older brother up and send him far away to きょうと. きょうと is super far away from where you currently live, so just ship your older bro off so he can never bother you again.

Hints

Hmm... don't you want to go to きょうと someday? Maybe you should have sent your brother somewhere less cool.