Word Meaning 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

子を見る事親に如かず 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

  1. 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

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

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Proverb Rank 53039 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

地震雷火事親父

じしんかみなりかじおやじ

things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers