親 Kanji – parent
The Japanese kanji 親 can mean parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards).
Meaning and Readings
How is 親 read?
親 has the onyomi reading シン and the kunyomi readings おや, おや-, したしい, したしむ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shin, oya, shitashii, shitashimu.
Common Japanese Words Using 親
These common Japanese words contain 親. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 近親（きんしん） — near relative
- 懇親（こんしん） — friendship, intimacy
- 親（おや） — parent, parents, mother and father
- 親しい（したしい） — close (e.g. friend), familiar, friendly, intimate
- 親しむ（したしむ） — to be intimate with, to befriend
- 親愛（しんあい） — deep affection
- 親衛（しんえい） — monarch's guards
- 親近感（しんきんかん） — affinity, feeling of closeness (with someone), feeling of kinship
- 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