Kanji 親: "parent, intimacy, relative"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 親

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 親おやparent; parents; mother and father · dealer; banker
• 母はは親おやmother
• 父ちち親おやfather
• 両りょう親しんparents; both parents
• 親したしいclose (e.g. friend); familiar; friendly; intimate · familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one)
• 親おや子こparent and child
• 親おや父じone's father; one's old man; dad; pops · middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezer
• 親しん友ゆうclose friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony
• 親しん切せつkind; gentle; considerate; generous
• 親しん戚せきrelative; relation; kin
• 親おや指ゆびthumb · big toe
• ご両りょう親しん(someone else's) parents; both parents

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