| 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 6
JLPT level N1
1231 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 潮流 【チョウリュウ】 tide, tidal current, tendency, drift, trend
- 潮位 【チョウイ】 tide level
- 思潮 【シチョウ】 trend of thought
- 退潮 【タイチョウ】 ebb tide, waning fortunes
Kun reading compounds
- 潮 【しお】 tide, current, sea water, opportunity, chance, thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
- 潮風 【しおかぜ】 salty sea breeze, salt wind
- 黒潮 【くろしお】 Kuroshio Current, Japan Current
- 赤潮 【あかしお】 red tide
- 潮 【しお】 tide, current, sea water, opportunity, chance, thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
- 潮汁 【うしおじる】 thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
- 夕潮 【ゆうしお】 evening tide
Readings
- Japanese names:
- いた
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- agua de mar
- marea
- tendencia
- oportunidad
Portuguese
- maré
- água salgada
- oportunidade
French
- marée
- eau salée
- opportunité
| 952 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 941 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1105 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2702 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 980 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1504 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2275 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 468 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 476 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1508 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1252 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 916 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 516 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 675 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 143 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18277P | Morohashi |
| 739 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3336 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 141 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 152 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 988 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 346 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a12.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 3712.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-36-12 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6f6e | Unicode hex code |