親

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

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おやおや-した.しいした.しむ

Nanori (名乗り)

ぎちかのり

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:2

Strokes:16

JLPT:N4

Frequency:406

Vocabulary

シン

Word	Reading	Meaning
近親	キンシン	near relative
懇親	コンシン	friendship; intimacy
親愛	シンアイ	deep affection; dear; beloved
親衛	シンエイ	monarch's guards
親近感	シンキンカン	affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
親	おや	parent; parents; mother and father; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner; key; parent (organization); main; ancestor; forefather
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
親孝行	おやこうこう	filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
親子	おやこ	parent and child

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