THE WATCHFUL EYES OF PARENTS
新・親
If as a beginner, you don’t confuse 新 and 親, then you have a keen eye for kanji indeed. These kanji look almost the same, and their on readings are identical. Visually, only the only difference between the two is the radical on the right side of each.
新
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シン、
あたら(しい)
あら(た)、にい
new
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· 新式(しんしき) new type
· 神教(しんきょう) Protestantism
· 新鮮(しんせん) fresh
· 一新(いっしん) renovation
· 新入社員(しんにゅうしゃいん) new employee
· 新潟県(にいがたけん) Niigata Prefecture
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親
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シン、おや、
した(しむ)、
した(しい)
intimacy; parent
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· 親子(おやこ) parent and child
· 親会社(おやがいしゃ) parent company
· 親族(しんぞく) relative
· 親ばか(おやばか) parental doting
· 親孝行(おやこうこう) filial piety
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Here is a memory trigger for keeping these two characters apart: The right-side radical of 親 is 見. This kanji means “to look.,” so we can say:
The watchful eyes of kind parents 親.