Chinese symbol for “parent”
亲
qīn
Traditional: 親
parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related
The closest CC-CEDICT match for parent is 亲 (qīn), defined as: parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “parent”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 亲本 (親本) | qīn běn | (genetics) parent |
| 母体 (母體) | mǔ tǐ | (zoology, medicine) mother's body; (chemistry etc) parent |
| 父级 (父級) | fù jí | (computing) (attributive) parent (in a hierarchy) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 亲.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 母亲 (母親) | mǔ qīn | mother |
| 父亲 (父親) | fù qīn | father; also pr. [fu4 qin5] |
| 亲自 (親自) | qīn zì | personally; in person |
| 亲爱 (親愛) | qīn ài | dear; beloved |
| 亲戚 (親戚) | qīn qi | a relative (i.e. family relation); 门 (mén),个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 亲人 (親人) | qīn rén | one's close relatives |
See also: Japanese symbol for “parent”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.