亲
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parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear
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Dict coverage rank #414 U+4EB2
How 亲 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A tree 木 bearing fruit 立
How to remember it
relatives · Heisig RSH #1188
chili pepper + 小 small
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 亲 as their sound component
These characters all use 亲 (qīn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亲 sound component | qīn | relatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree |
| 榇 | chèn | coffin; tung tree |
Words containing 亲
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亲自动手 | qīn zì dòng shǒu | to do the job oneself |
| 亲水性 | qīn shuǐ xìng | hydrophilic |
| 亲如一家 | qīn rú yī jiā | family-like close relationship (idiom) |
| 亲生子女 | qīn shēng zǐ nǚ | natural child |
| 亲家公 | qìng jia gōng | father of one's child's spouse |
| 亲和性 | qīn hé xìng | compatibility; affinity (biology) |
| 亲子 | qīn zǐ | parent and child; parent-child (relationship); two successive generations |
| 亲人 | qīn rén | one's close relatives |
| 亲和力 | qīn hé lì | (personal) warmth; approachability; accessibility; (in a product) user friendliness; (chem… |
| 亲生 | qīn shēng | one's own (child) (i.e. one's child by birth); biological (parents); birth (parents) |
| 天亲 | tiān qīn | one's flesh and blood |
| 亲自 | qīn zì | personally; in person; oneself |
| 家亲 | jiā qīn | older generation in one's household (often referring to one's parents); one's deceased clo… |
| 亲家 | qìng jia | parents of one's daughter-in-law or son-in-law; relatives by marriage |
| 亲手 | qīn shǒu | with one's own hands; personally |
| 相亲角 | xiāng qīn jiǎo | "matchmaking corner", a gathering in a park for parents who seek marriage partners for the… |
| 相亲相爱 | xiāng qīn xiāng ài | (idiom) (of siblings, spouses etc) very close to each other; inseparable; devoted to each … |
| 手足亲情 | shǒu zú qīn qíng | brotherly kindness |
| 亲口 | qīn kǒu | one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally |
| 亲事 | qīn shì | marriage; CL:門|门[men2] |