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The kanji 親: meaning, readings and stroke order

親

Meaning
parent, close
On reading
シン shin
Kun reading
おや oya、した(しい) shitashii、した(しむ) shitashimu
Strokes
16
Radical
見 see
Level
Level 2 · grade 2

Stroke order

Stroke order of 親, 16 strokes: each box adds one stroke, the red one is the stroke being written

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese
cha mẹ, thân thiết (thân)
Japanese
おや。したしい。
Korean
부모, 친하다 (친)
Chinese
父母、亲近 (亲)

Readings, words and example sentences

シン shin · on reading

おや oya · kun reading

した(しい) shitashii · kun reading

した(しむ) shitashimu · kun reading

Practise writing 親 in the app

In Dino Kids your child writes 親 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 2 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.

Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.