Meaning & readings
parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
On’yomi シン
Kun’yomi おや、おや-、した.しい、した.しむ
Nanori ぎ、ちか、のり
Origin
The left side of this character combines 辛 (which sounds like shin) with 木 (tree), giving a sound hint for how the character should be pronounced. The right side is 見, meaning "to see" or "to look," which acts as a classifier suggesting the category. Together, the character evolved to mean someone you look to and are close to — a parent or relative. The "see" component captures the idea of recognizing and being familiar with someone, which is the core of intimacy and kinship.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 16
- Kangxi radical
- 147
- Grade
- Grade 2 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #406 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 3
- Unicode
- U+089AA