音読み: シン
訓読み: おや・したしい・したしむ
画数: 16
部首: 見（みる）
Meaning
Parent / Closeness / Oneself
- Basic forms
- 親しむ — to become familiar with; to enjoy / base form
- 親しみます — (I) enjoy; become familiar with / masu form
- 親しんだ — became familiar with; grew fond of / ta form
- 親しんで — enjoy and …; get familiar and … / te-form
- 親しまない — don’t enjoy; don’t become familiar with / negative
- 親しめば — if (you) become familiar with / conditional
- 親しめ・親しみなさい — enjoy it! get familiar! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 親しみたい — want to enjoy / want to become familiar / 〜たい form
- 親しめる — can enjoy; can grow fond of / potential
- 親しめた — was able to become familiar with / past potential
- 親しめない — cannot get familiar with / negative potential
- More
- 親しもう — let’s enjoy; let’s get familiar / 〜よう form
- 親しまなかった — didn’t become familiar with / past negative
- 親しんでいる — is enjoying; is getting familiar / progressive
親しむ（したしむ） is a godan verb that ends in む.
The stem is 親し, and it conjugates as 親しむ → 親しみ → 親しんで → 親しんだ.
It is used when you grow fond of something or become familiar with it — for example,
「文化に親しむ」 (to become familiar with a culture) or 「本に親しむ」 (to enjoy or take to books).
- 親 — parent
- 両親 — parents
- 親しい — intimate / close
- 親切 — kindness / friendly
- 親友 — close friend
- 親類 — relatives
- 親権 — parental rights
- 肉親 — blood relative / immediate family
- 親善 — friendship / goodwill
This kanji appears in family-related and emotional words, often expressing care and connection. The 見 (see) radical combined with 木 (tree) suggests watching over or nurturing — like a parent looking after a child.
親に 感謝しています。
I am grateful to my parents.
親しい友達と旅行しました。
I traveled with a close friend.
親切 — kindness / friendly