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親 means 'parent'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 172   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-5    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 10    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 209 words   Used in 279 words   Used in 590 names   Component in 5 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   シン
Kun
   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to
Additional readings
Name    ぎ   ちか   のり
Components
⿰  亲 stand in the tree  見 see  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 親 is used 23 times, read 3 ways. 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 親 is used 265 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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シン : 130 words FIND ALL
り ょ う し ん 1
noun
parents; both parents
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おや : 123 words FIND ALL
は は お や 0
Most common form: ははおや
mother
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したしい : 10 words FIND ALL
し た し い 3
intimate; close (e.g. friend)
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ちか: 1 word. FIND ALL
ち か し い 3
Most common form: 近しい
intimate; close  (see also: 親しい)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
お や じ 0 お や じ 1
noun
one's father; old man; one's boss
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An additional した.しむ less common words include 親 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 166 (originally: 149)  Joy o' Kanji : 149  Key to Kanji: 572 

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親
シン   おや parent   したしい close, intimate   したしむ to befriend, grow close to   
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亲
stand in the tree
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
儿
legs
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