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Interesting! Reminds me in Japanese how you can (almost) tell what a sibling is composed of just by looking at the kanji characters. These are ALL read as "kyoudai":

兄弟:Elder brother, younger brother

姉弟:Elder sister, younger brother

兄妹:Elder brother, younger sister

The 4th remaining case is 姉妹, and is read "shimai".


Same with oji (uncle)/oba (aunt):

叔父: uncle (younger than one's parent)

伯父: uncle (older than one's parent)

叔母: aunt (younger than one's parent)

伯母: aunt (older than one's parent)

Oh wow, I didn't know that one! Thanks!

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