Grow with Kitty

しまい

姉妹

shimai

common

English

sisters

नेपाली

दिदीबहिनी

Examples

  1. 私わたしは三さん人にん姉妹しまいです。

    I'm one of three sisters.

  2. 姉妹しまいでよく電話でんわします。

    We sisters often call each other.

  3. 姉妹しまいなのに、二人ふたりは顔かおも声こえもまったく似にていない。

    Even though they're sisters, the two of them don't look or sound alike at all.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

姉 8 strokes
妹 8 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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