亲 - Dong Chinese dictionary

qīn, qìng

relatives

Original meaning:

chestnut tree

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 辛 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "chestnut". This character was repurposed during character simplification as the simplified form of 親.

Components

辛 Sound component

xīn

laborious

木 Meaning component

mù

tree

木 hints at the original meaning of 亲, "chestnut tree", which is no longer the most common meaning of 亲 in modern Mandarin.

Evolution

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

亲 (親)

qīn

relatives, parents; intimate; parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear

亲 (親)

qìng

parents-in-law of one's offspring

Most common words with 亲