Kanji

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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: みる

Meaning: see

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

(りょうしん)   parents

戚(しんせき)   relative

友(しんゆう)   close friend

切な(しんせつな)   kind

(おや)   parent

(ははおや)   mother

(ちちおや)   father

会社(おやがいしゃ)   parent company

しい(したしい)   close, familiar

Onyomi Examples

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

シンエイ monarch's guards

コンシン friendship, intimacy

キンシン near relative

Kunyomi Examples

おや parent, parents, mother and father, dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.), banker, founder, inventor, (pet) owner, key, parent (organization), main, ancestor, forefather

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

生みの うみのおや biological parent, founder, creator

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

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

しむ したしむ to be intimate with, to befriend