ChiramiN4 kanji · 16 strokes
親 means parent
立 stand · 木 tree · 見 watch
親Memory trick
Standing (立) on a tree (木) to watch (見) for your kids coming home: parent.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- Grade 2 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) おや oya
おや (oya) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: したしい shitashii, したしむ shitashimu
From Chinese (onyomi) シン shin
シン (shin) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
両親 りょうしん · ryoushin
parents, both parents
Built from
- 立 stand up
- 亠 lid
- 木 tree
- 見 see
- 辛 spicy
- 丷 split apart
Tap a part to see the N5 and N4 kanji that use it.
立 Used in 66 kanji
See all 7 at N5 and N4辛 Used in 14 kanji
丷 Used in 140 kanji
See all 17 at N5 and N4Quick check
What does 親 mean?
Right: 親 means parent.Not quite: 親 means parent.In 両親, which reading does 親 use?
Right. 両親 is read りょうしん (ryoushin): 親 takes シン, its reading from Chinese.Not quite. 両親 is read りょうしん (ryoushin): 親 takes シン, its reading from Chinese.