Word Meaning 子を見ること親に如かず

こをみることおやにしかず ko o mirukotooya ni shikazu

子を見ること親に如かず is read as こをみることおやにしかず (ko o mirukotooya ni shikazu) and means the parent is the best judge of the child.

Meaning

English

the parent is the best judge of the child

Reading

Kana

こをみることおやにしかず

Romaji

ko o mirukotooya ni shikazu

Writing Variants

子を見る事親に如かず こをみることおやにしかず ko o mirukotooya ni shikazu

Stroke Sequence

11 Characters • 50 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb ✓ Rank 70753 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない

おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない

always listen to your parents

親見たけりゃ子を見ろ

おやみたけりゃこをみろ

like father, like son

子を持って知る親の恩

こをもってしるおやのおん

he that has no child knows not what love is

子細に見る

しさいにみる

to look closely

親の心子知らず

おやのこころこしらず

there is no love like a father's

親子結合

おやこけつごう

host association

継親子

けいしんし

stepparent-stepchild relationship

如実知見

にょじつちけん

perceiving reality as it is

親に似ぬ子は鬼子

おやににぬこはおにご

like father, like son

親子

おやこ

parent and child

様子を見る

ようすをみる

to wait and see

月見団子

つきみだんご

dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)