Meaning: a younger brother
Readings: ダイ、デ、テイ、おとうと
兄弟（キョウダイ）: sibling (including sisters)
弟子（デシ）: a disciple, a follower
兄弟（ケイテイ）: brothers (not including sisters)
義弟（ギテイ）: a younger brother-in-law (the husband of one’s younger sister or a younger brother of one’s spouse)
弟妹（テイマイ）: younger brothers and sisters
子弟（シテイ）: son, children
師弟（シテイ）: teacher and student
徒弟（トテイ）: an apprentice
弟（おとうと）: one’s younger brother
Place names:
弟国（おうぐに）: Ouguni in Mie Prefecture
弟子屈町（てしかがチョウ）: Teshikaga-cho in Hokkaido
#弟 is listed under the radical of ゆみへん（弓） but it is apparently a pictograph showing “a pike with a string” and it originally meant “order” but 第 has replaced 弟 for that meaning and 弟 is used to mean a younger brother.
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