親 U+89AA, 親 ← 覩[U+89A9] CJK Unified Ideographs 覫 →[U+89AB] Japanese 親 Simplified 亲 Traditional 親
親 (Kangxi radical 147, 見+9, 16 strokes, Cangjie input 卜木月山山 (YDBUU), four-corner 06910, composition ⿰亲見)
- 儭(𠋆), 𫥝(𫥔), 嚫(𰈍), 𡤅, 𭣋, 瀙, 𮥰, 𮍊, 櫬(榇), 𥗒, 襯, 𧭼, 䞋(𫎪), 𮜪, 𮜽, 𨯦, 寴, 藽, 𥨾
- 亲 (Simplified Chinese)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1136, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 34918
- Dae Jaweon: page 1602, character 35
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3671, character 12
- Unihan data for U+89AA
Bronze script: phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰin, *sʰins): phonetic 辛 (OC *siŋ) + semantic 見 (“see”).
Seal script: phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sʰin, *sʰins): phonetic 𣓀 + semantic 見 (“see”). The left part (a chisel with a tree at the bottom to indicate “hazelnut branch” used as a whip) was then stylized as 亲, which originally is a variant of 辛, the chisel.
trad. 親 simp. 亲* alternative forms
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dziŋ (“relatives, ancestors”) (STEDT). Cognate with Burmese စဉ် (cany, “to line up, arrange”).
親
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) paternal relatives
- intimate; bosom; closely acquainted; beloved; dear
- parent(s); father and/or mother
- relatives; blood or marriage relation
- related by blood; blood (brothers, sisters)
- marriage; matrimony
- to be close to; to become intimate with
- to fraternise with; to support or endorse; pro- 親中／亲中 ― qīn Zhōng ― pro-China, usually meaning pro-CCP
- 今以汝為親魏倭王。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]今以汝为亲魏倭王。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]From: Chen Shou, Records of the Three Kingdoms, circa 3rd century CEJīn yǐ rǔ wéi qīn wèi wō wáng. [Pinyin]You [Himiko] shall be the Ruler of Wa, Friendly to Wei.
- to approach; to go near; to get in touch with
- to kiss; to brush one’s lips against
- personally; in person; with one’s own (body part)
- close person; reliable person; intimate friend
- accurate; true
- 34th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; “kinship” (𝌧)
- (Mainland China, Internet, customer service) dear sir or madam
- alternative form of 新 (xīn, “to renew; to replace”)
- a surname
trad. 親 simp. 亲* alternative forms
親
- relationship between the families (especially the parents) of a married couple; in-laws
For pronunciation and definitions of 親 – see 嚫.(This character is a variant form of 嚫). trad. 親 simp. 亲*
親
- (Hokkien) alternative form of 唚 (“to kiss”)
- 情不自禁親你的相片 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]情不自禁亲你的相片 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]chêng-put-chū-kìm chim lí ê siòng-phìⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]I couldn’t help myself but kiss your photo
- “親”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[3], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
- 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “亲”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 189.
(Second grade kyōiku kanji)
- parent, elder
- Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
- Kun: おや (oya, 親, Jōyō)、したしい (shitashii, 親しい, Jōyō)、したしむ (shitashimu, 親しむ, Jōyō)、みずから (mizukara, 親ら)
- Nanori: ぎ (gi)、ちか (chika)、のり (nori)
Kanji in this term 親 おやGrade: 2 kun’yomi Alternative spelling 祖
From Old Japanese,[1] from Proto-Japonic *əya. Cognate with or derived from Old Japanese verb 老ゆ (oyu, “to become old”, modern 老いる oiru), from the idea of one’s elders.[2]
First cited in the Kojiki of 712.[1]
- (Tokyo) おや [òyáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])[3][4][5]
- IPA(key): [o̞ja̠]
- Audio:(file)
親(おや) • (oya)
- [from 720] a parent
- ぼくのほんとのおやはだれかしら。Boku no honto no oya wa dare kashira.What are my real parents like?
- [from 1001] the originator or founder of a school, company, or other organization
- [from 1001] the boss or leader
- [from 1809] the larger one of several objects of the same kind
- [from 1686] (hanafuda, card games, by extension, board games) the dealer, (gambling) the banker Coordinate term: 子 (ko)
- [from 712] one’s ancestors, one’s forebears
Kanji in this term 親 しんGrade: 2 on’yomi
From Middle Chinese 親 (MC tshin).
- (Tokyo) しん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [ɕĩɴ]
親(しん) • (shin-)
- pro- (in support of)
- 反(はん) (han-)
- “親”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][4] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026
From Middle Chinese 親 (MC tshin|tshinH). Recorded as Middle Korean 친 (chin) (Yale: chin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
親 (eumhun 친할 친 (chinhal chin))
- hanja form? of 친 (“intimate”)
- hanja form? of 친 (“relative; parent”)
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [5]
親: Hán Nôm readings: thân
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