ๅผ
Younger Brother
ใใจใใจ (otouto)
JLPT N5
Interesting Fact
In several regional folktales, two brothers receive magical gifts. The older brother often acts greedy and loses everything, while the younger brother succeeds through kindness or common sense. The lesson appears so often that "kind younger brother, foolish older brother" became a recurring character type in Japanese storytelling.
Memory Trick
Your younger brother puts on a helmet and grabs a toy sword, pretending to be a great warrior. The shape becomes ๅผ.
Readings
Onyomi: ใใค (tei), ใใค (dai)
Kunyomi: ใใจใใจ (otouto)
Example Words
ๅผ
ใใจใใจ (otouto)
Younger brother
ๅ
ๅผ
ใใใใ ใ (kyoudai)
Brothers, siblings
ๅผๅญ
ใงใ (deshi)
Disciple, apprentice
็พฉๅผ
ใใฆใ (gitei)
Younger brother-in-law
Example Sentence
ๅผใฏ้ซๆ ก็ใงใใ
ใใจใใจ ใฏ ใใใใใใ ใงใใ
otouto wa koukousei desu
My younger brother is a high school student.