親


This is the kanji for intimacy, parent, or get to know better.

on readings:
  • shin
kun readings:
  • oya
  • shita
examples:
父親 chichioya father
ご親切 goshinsetsu kind
母親 hahaoya mother
肉親 nikushin blood relative
親 oya parent
親子 oyako parent and child
親不孝 oyafukō usefulness to one's parents
親孝行 oyakōkō filial piety, obedience to parents
親潮 Oyashio Oyashio Current
両親 ryoushin parents
親日 shin-Nichi pro-Japanese
親戚 shinseki relative
親切 shinsetsu kind
親善 shinzen friendship

links:
Shinnichi blog
Oyashio Current
Wiktionary

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Last Alteration Performed: 9 Oct 2025 by Bradley James Wogsland.