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異父兄弟 (いふきょうだい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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He has two half-siblings with a different father.
Kanji 異 uncommon, different, queerness 兄 elder brother, big brother 弟 younger brother, faithful service to elders Related words 異い 母ぼ 兄きょう 弟だい 異母兄弟 refers to half-siblings who share the same father but have a different mother, while 異父兄弟 refers to half-siblings who share the same mother but have a different father.
腹はら 違ちが い 腹違い is a more colloquial and slightly old-fashioned term for half-siblings, often used without specifying which parent is different. 異父兄弟 is more precise and formal.
Etymology Compound of 異 (i, 'different') + 父 (fu, 'father') + 兄弟 (kyōdai, 'siblings'). The term is transparently derived from its components.