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, 𡤅, 𭣋, 瀙, 𮥰, 𮍊, 櫬(榇), 𥗒, 襯, 𧭼, 䞋(𫎪), 𮜪, 𮜽, 𨯦, 寴, 藽, 𥨾

• 亲 (Simplified Chinese)

• KangXi: 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

Historical forms of the character 親
Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script

Bronze script: phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰin, *sʰins) : phonetic 辛 (OC *siŋ) + semantic 見 (“see”).

Seal script: phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *sʰin, *sʰins) : phonetic 𣓀 + semantic 見 (“see”).

親

1. ^⁜ paternal relatives
2. intimate; bosom; closely acquainted; beloved; dear
3. parent(s); father and/or mother
4. relatives; blood or marriage relation
5. related by blood; blood (brothers, sisters)
6. marriage; matrimony
7. to be close to; to become intimate with
8. to fraternise with; to support or endorse; pro-

   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 3^rd century CE

   Jīn yǐ rǔ wéi qīn wèi wō wáng. [Pinyin]

   You [Himiko] shall be the Ruler of Wa, Friendly to Wei.

9. to approach; to go near; to get in touch with
10. to kiss; to brush one's lips against
11. personally; in person; with one's own (body part)
12. close person; reliable person; intimate friend
13. accurate; true
14. 34th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "kinship" (𝌧)
15. (Mainland China, Internet, customer service) dear sir or madam
16. Alternative form of 新 (xīn, “to renew; to replace”).
17. a surname

親

1. Only used in 親家／亲家 (qìngjia, “one's child's parents-in-law”) and related terms.

• “親”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. 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)

From Old Japanese.[1] 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]

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親(おや) • (oya) 

1. [from 720] a parent
   • 1988 July 30 [Jul 25 1984], Fujiko Fujio, “世界名作童話第１巻, みにくいアヒルの子 [World’s Renowned Fairy Tales Book 1: The Ugly Duckling]”, in ポストの中の明日 [Post-Mid-Tomorrow] (藤子・F・不二雄のSF短編; 2), volume 2 (fiction), 10th edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 112:

     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?

2. [from 1001] the originator or founder of a school, company, or other organization
3. [from 1001] the boss or leader
4. [from 1809] the larger one of several objects of the same kind
5. [from 1686] (hanafuda, card games, by extension, board games) the dealer, (gambling) the banker

   Coordinate term: 子 (ko)

6. [from 712] one's ancestors, one's forebears

From Middle Chinese 親 (MC t͡sʰiɪn, t͡sʰiɪn^H). Recorded as Middle Korean 친 (chin) (Yale: chin) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Wikisource 親 (eumhun 친할 친 (chinhal chin))

1. Hanja form^? of 친 (“intimate”).
2. 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.

親: Hán Nôm readings: thân

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