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親 = 亲 + 見
親 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “parent”. It is built from 亲 (red pepper) and 見 (see). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1621.
- Keyword
- parent
- RTK frame
- 1621
- Strokes
- 16
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- シン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- おや, おや-, した.しい, した.しむ
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- родитель
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 親 relatives
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 親 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “red pepper” + “see”. 親 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 親 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.