弟 Younger Brother

Radical Combination

• 丷

  Horns
• 弓

  Bow
• 丿

  Slide
• 丨

  Stick

Meaning

Primary

Younger Brother

Alternative

Little Brother

Mnemonic

There is someone wearing horns, holding a bow, and going down a slide held up by a stick. What type of person do you imagine? I'd say someone who's an immature boy. That would be your younger brother.

Hints

If you don't have a younger brother, just pretend you do for now. Imagine him really vividly. He is a stereotypical little boy, playing dress-up with horns and a bow and arrow, and he's going down a makeshift slide held up by a stick.

Readings

On’yomi

だい, で, てい

Kun’yomi

おとうと

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Your younger brother loves playing dress-up so much that he's now started dyeing (だい) his hair all kinds of colors.

Hints

Imagine the bright red, blue, green and purple dye in your younger brother's hair. He's put so much on that he's dyed half his face too. He's going to be in trouble when he gets home!