親 – parent, intimacy, relative

16 strokesTaught in grade 2#406 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 親 means parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おや、おや-、した.しい、した.しむ (oya, oya, shitashii, shitashimu). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 見 (no. 147).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin
Kun’yomi	おや	oya
Kun’yomi	おや-	oya
Kun’yomi	した.しい	shitashii
Kun’yomi	した.しむ	shitashimu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 見 (Kangxi radical 147). Components: 見・辛・并・木・立・亠.

Words using 親

両親りょうしんparents親おやparent親切しんせつkind親戚しんせきrelative親友しんゆうclose friend父親ちちおやfather母親ははおやmother親しいしたしいclose (e.g. friend)親指おやゆびthumb親類しんるいrelative肉親にくしんblood relationship親父おやじone's father親善しんぜんfriendship親しむしたしむto be intimate with

Example sentences

あなたを私の両親に紹介したい。

I want you to meet my parents.

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アナは、親が知らないうちに結婚した。

Anna married without the knowledge of her parents.

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あなたの家族はきっと親切でしょう。

Your family must be very nice.

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Kanji with the same radical

見規視観覚覧覗

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