xiōng

Traditional: 兄

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Translation

older brother (bound morpheme)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 兄

Examples

He has two brothers.

Buddy, long time no see!

I grew up with my brothers.

He is my elder brother.

The brother and sister are very close.

兄 (xiōng) is a bound morpheme meaning older brother, found in 兄弟 (xiōng dì) "brothers" and the friendly address 老兄 (lǎo xiōng).

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 兄.

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This word is part of lesson 103.