親

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

亲

🇨🇳

relatives

HSK 10 N3

Human →Relations →Family

qīn

シン

おや、おや-、した.しい、した.しむ

친

Phonosemantic compound. 見 represents the meaning and 亲 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (親)

亲 parents+ 見 see =

親 relatives

亲 Phonetic component

qīn parents

relatives, parents

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見 Meaning component

see

Simplified (亲)

辛 peppery+ 木 tree =

亲 relatives

辛 Phonetic component

xīn peppery

bitter

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木 Meaning component

mù tree

Notes

Similar Characters

榇 tree (simp)峴 steep (trad)現 present (trad/jp)硯 inkstone (trad)莧 green (trad)靦 face to face (trad)規 regulations (trad/jp)覓 try to find (trad)視 inspect (trad/jp)覘 spy (trad)覡 wizard (trad)覦 desire (trad)覬 long (trad)覲 have (trad)覷 peep at (trad)覺 senses (trad)覽 view (trad)觀 observe (trad)靚 make (trad)

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

亲

Regular

Modern

Chinese

亲 / 親 [qīn]

parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear

亲 / 親 [qìng]

parents-in-law of one's offspring

Japanese

親、祖おや同音

noun

parent; parents; mother and father
card gamesmahjong dealer; banker
founder; inventor
(pet) owner
ancestor; forefather

adj-no

key; parent (organization); main

親しん同音

noun intimacy; closeness; friendliness
noun close relative
prefix pro- (e.g. pro-American)

Korean

친 [親]

Affix

chin-; A prefix used to mean "related by blood."; chin-; A prefix used to mean "paternal blood relative."; chin-; A prefix used to mean "consenting to that" or "helping with that."

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

アナは、親が知らないうちに結婚した。

Anna married without the knowledge of her parents.

Japanese Names

親おやざき

Oyazaki surname

親しん

Shin unclassified name

親しんじ

Shinji unclassified name

親ちか