親おや子こ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

parent and child

Refers to the relationship or pair of a parent and their child. Often used in compounds like 親子丼 (oyakodon, a rice bowl dish with chicken and egg).

親おや子こで〈動どう詞し〉parent and child do something together
親おや子こで公こう園えんに行いった。
The parent and child went to the park together.
親おや子この絆きずなを深ふかめるto deepen the bond between parent and child
旅りょ行こうを通つうじて親おや子この絆きずなを深ふかめた。
They deepened their parent-child bond through the trip.

家か族ぞくN5
家族 refers broadly to a family group of any size, while 親子 specifically denotes the parent-and-child relationship or pair.
子こ連づれ
親子 simply names the pair of parent and child, while 子連れ describes the state of a parent bringing or being accompanied by a child somewhere.
母ぼ子し
親子 covers any parent and child regardless of gender, while 母子 specifically means a mother and her child.
父ふ子し
親子 is the general term for parent and child of either gender, while 父子 narrows the relationship specifically to father and child.

親子Usage99%
- おやこ
  Standard kanji spelling for 'parent and child'.
- しんし
おやこUsage1%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
しんし

Compound of 親 (oya, 'parent') and 子 (ko, 'child'). The reading しんし is a rare Sino-Japanese reading not commonly used in modern Japanese.