KANAE
Character · People

親

おや oyaしんせき shinseki

parent, intimate

Composition

12345678910111213141516

Origin

Seeing (見) gives the meaning and 亲 the sound: those seen from up close, one's kin.

In the thoughts

  1. 親戚shinsekirelative

Proverbs carrying this character

  1. 039 A close neighbor beats a distant relative.
  2. 055 The child does not know the parent's heart.
  3. 222 Come and play with me, sparrow without parents.

Related characters