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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

406 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)

Kunyomi: おや, おや-, した.しい, した.しむ

Onyomi: シン

Composition: 立 木 見

親

Radical

Radical: 見

Reading: みる

Meaning: see

Strokes: 7

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Examples

Examples with audio

両親(りょうしん)   parents

親戚(しんせき)   relative

親友(しんゆう)   close friend

親切な(しんせつな)   kind

親(おや)   parent

母親(ははおや)   mother

父親(ちちおや)   father

親会社(おやがいしゃ)   parent company

親しい(したしい)   close, familiar

Onyomi Examples

親 (シン) intimacy, closeness, friendliness, close relative, pro- (e.g. pro-American)

親衛 (シンエイ) monarch's guards

懇親 (コンシン) friendship, intimacy

近親 (キンシン) near relative

Kunyomi Examples

親 (おや) parent, parents, mother and father, dealer, banker, founder, inventor, (pet) owner, key, parent (organization), main, ancestor, forefather

親方 (おやかた) master, boss, chief, foreman, supervisor, stable master, craftsman, artisan, foster parent

生みの親 (うみのおや) biological parent, founder, creator

里親 (さとおや) foster parent, foster parents, (pet) caretaker

親しい (したしい) close (e.g. friend), familiar, friendly, intimate, familiar (e.g. story), well-known (to one), close (relatives), closely related

親しむ (したしむ) to be intimate with, to befriend

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