子弟

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 子弟(してい) refers to children or young people receiving instruction.
• Basic usage: It appears in contexts involving a community's children at school or pupils learning from a master.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• The homophone 師弟
  • 師弟(してい) refers to master and pupil together. Unlike the learner-side context of 子弟, 師弟 includes the teacher as well.