| 260 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 166 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 149 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 381 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4293 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 211 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 248 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2544 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.6 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 175 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 175 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 249 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1647 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2264 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1172 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1599 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1518 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 34918 | Morohashi |
| 1799 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5534 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1504 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1621 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 315 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 237 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
406 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 親 【シン】 intimacy, closeness, friendliness, close relative, pro- (e.g. pro-American)
- 親衛 【シンエイ】 monarch's guards
- 懇親 【コンシン】 friendship, intimacy
- 近親 【キンシン】 near relative
Kun reading compounds
- 親 【おや】 parent, parents, mother and father, dealer, banker, founder, inventor, (pet) owner, key, parent (organization), main, ancestor, forefather
- 親方 【おやかた】 master, boss, chief, foreman, supervisor, stable master, craftsman, artisan, foster parent
- 生みの親 【うみのおや】 biological parent, founder, creator
- 里親 【さとおや】 foster parent, foster parents, (pet) caretaker
- 親しい 【したしい】 close (e.g. friend), familiar, friendly, intimate, familiar (e.g. story), well-known (to one), close (relatives), closely related
- 親しむ 【したしむ】 to be intimate with, to befriend
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ぎ、 ちか、 のり
- Korean:
- chin
Spanish
- padre
- madre
- familiares
- íntimo
- personalmente
- padres
- hacerse amigo
- intimar
Portuguese
- pai
- intimidade
- parente
- familiaridade
- crupiê
French
- parent
- parenté
- intimité
- familiarité
- donneur (cartes)
| 457 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-7 | SKIP code |
| 0691.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-38 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 89aa | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
192 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 元 【ゲン】 unknown (e.g. in an equation), element (of a set), yuan (monetary unit of China), New Taiwan dollar, Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368), Yüan dynasty, Mongol dynasty
- 原価 【ゲンカ】 cost price
- 中元 【チュウゲン】 15th day of the 7th lunar month, (last day of) Bon lantern festival, mid-year gift, summer gift, Bon Festival gifts
- 抗原 【コウゲン】 antigen
- 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
- 元日 【ガンジツ】 New Year's Day
Kun reading compounds
- 元 【もと】 origin, source, beginning, basis, base, foundation, root, cause, (raw) material, ingredient, base, mix (e.g. for a cake), (soup) stock, (one's) side, capital, principal, cost price, root (of a plant), (tree) trunk, part (of a brush, chopsticks, etc.) one holds (with the hand), first three lines of a waka, counter for plants or trees, counter for falcons (in falconry)
- 元 【もと】 former, ex-, past, one-time, earlier times, the past, previous state, formerly, previously, originally, before
- 家元 【いえもと】 head of a school (of music, dance), head family of a school
- 胸元 【むなもと】 breast, chest, pit of the stomach, solar plexus, epigastrium
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ちか、 はじめ、 はる、 ゆき、 よし
- Korean:
- weon
Spanish
- comienzo
- principio
- origen
- jefe
Portuguese
- começo
- tempo anterior
- origem
French
- commencement
- origine
- ancien temps
| 68 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 117 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 106 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 328 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 275 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 106 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 121 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 60 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 137 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 137 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 245 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 141 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2428 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1226 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1690 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 59 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 1340 | Morohashi |
| 1929 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 343 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 59 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 63 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 408 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 89 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3057 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a4.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-1-3 | SKIP code |
| 1021.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-24-21 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5143 | Unicode hex code |