# 親 parents/kindness

立 (stand up) + 木 (tree) + 見 (look)
★★★★★
16 strokes
JERK

## Onyomi

SHIN | Your parents took quite a SHINE to me.

## Mnemonic

| Your parents stand on top of a tree so they can look at everything you do. So log off this site now, kid.

## Kunyomi

おや | parent ★★★★★
した＊しい | intimate, friendly ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

親切(しんせつ) な | kind ★★★★☆ 親 (parents/kindness) + 切 (cut / important) = 親切 (kind) kind, emphasis on action: specifically doing favors for people.
母親(ははおや) | Mother ★★★★☆ KUNKUN 母 (your Moms) + 親 (parents/kindness) = 母親 (Mother)
父親(ちちおや) | father ★★★★☆ KUNKUN 父 (dad) + 親 (parents/kindness) = 父親 (father) father ー which is weeeird, since "CHICHI" is slang for breasts.
親友(しんゆう) | best friend ★★☆☆☆ 親 (parents/kindness) + 友 (friend) = 親友 (best friend)
親戚(しんせき) | relatives ★★☆☆☆ all living relatives even ones you have not met
近親相姦(きんしんそうかん) | incest ☆☆☆☆☆ ABU 近 (near) + 親 (parents/kindness) + 相 (partner) + 姦 (rape) = 近親相姦 (incest)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
親 | parents/kindness | LOOKING | 見
新 | new | AXE | 斤

I'm LOOKING for my parents, to show them my new AXE.

## Synonyms

family 家族 家庭 親戚 妻子
filial piety 親孝行 孝行
kind 親切 優しい
pleasant 快い 心地よい 親しい 優しい