単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#15,243 most used

大姉

だいし1

Pitch accent · 頭高 (atamadaka)

sister (i.e. a nun, sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

My grandmother was given a posthumous Buddhist name of the daishi rank.

written for Tangoya

MEANING

1

Sister (i.e. a nun; sometimes used as a posthumous suffix)

noun · suffix

TANGOYA ASKS

The dictionary gives 大姉 this one meaning.

SOUNDS THE SAME

台紙backing paper; mat; mountだいし
台詞(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's linesだいし · not in tangoya
大師great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. kobo daishi)だいし · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#15,243 most used

Written大姉 only

Can be asked asRead, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium