Word Meaning 阿兄

あけい akei

阿兄 is read as あけい (akei) and means elder brother.

Meaning

English

elder brother
my dear brother

Reading

Kana

あけい

Romaji

akei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 136105 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

阿南工業高等専門学校

あなんこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう

Anan National College of Technology

阿付迎合

あふげいごう

ingratiation

阿国歌舞伎

おくにかぶき

Okuni kabuki

阿代

あしろ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

阿世

あせい

timeserving

阿片戦争

あへんせんそう

Opium War (1840-42)

阿比

あび

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿武船

あたけぶね

large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods

阿片法

あへんほう

Opium Control Act

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

阿頼耶識

あらやしき

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)

阿字

あじ

first Sanskrit alphabet letter (in esoteric Buddhism symbolizes the source of all things)