Memory phrase for the Kanji: 親


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Meaning

parents, intimate

Pronunciation

SHIN
oya, shitashii

Explanation

Left: to stand , tree , right: to see (= The eye is on legs when looking around.)

Mnemonic

Who is standing on a tree and is watching out (for the kids)? - The parents!

Radicals

to stand
tree
to seeThe wandering eye on legs means to see.
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Vocabulary

 親戚  しんせき  relatives, relation
 親しい  したしい  intimate/close (e.g. friend)
 親切  しんせつ  kindness/gentleness
 親指  おやゆび  thumb
 両親  りょうしん  parents, both parents
 母親  ははおや  mother
 父親  ちちおや  father
 肉親  にくしん  blood relationship, blood relative
 親しむ  したしむ  to be intimate with/to befriend


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