きょうだい児じ

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Meanings

sibling of a child with disabilities

Refers to a child who has a sibling with a disability or chronic illness. Used in social welfare and family support contexts.

きょうだい児じへの支し援えんがもっと必ひつ要ようだ。
More support is needed for siblings of children with disabilities.
彼かの女じょはきょうだい児じとしての経けい験けんを語かたった。
She talked about her experience as a sibling of a child with disabilities.

noun

sibling (child)

A less common, general term for a child who is a sibling. The primary meaning is sense 1; this sense may appear in broader or older usage.

この調ちょう査さでは、きょうだい児じの関かん係けい性せいに注ちゅう目もくした。
This study focused on the relationships among child siblings.

Kanji

児newborn babe, child, young of animals
兄elder brother, big brother
弟younger brother, faithful service to elders

Related words

兄きょう弟だい
きょうだい is the common word for 'siblings', while きょうだい児 specifically refers to a child who is a sibling, often in the context of having a sibling with disabilities.
障しょう害がい児じ
障害児 means 'child with a disability', whereas きょうだい児 refers to the sibling of such a child.

Written forms

きょうだい児じ
Standard spelling using the kana for きょうだい to avoid gender specificity, with 児 meaning 'child'.
兄きょう弟だい児じ
Kanji spelling; 兄弟 literally means 'brothers' but is used here in the broader sense of 'siblings'. May be seen in some contexts.

Etymology

Compound of きょうだい (sibling) and 児 (child). The term likely emerged in social welfare discourse to describe the siblings of children with disabilities.