Noun
おや
わたしの親は、先週病院の近くに引っこしました。
My parents moved near the hospital last week.
うちの親、かほごすぎると思うんだよね。
I think my parents are overprotective.
これって、すごく不公平だわ！ ミドリは私が欲しいものを全部手に入れて、その上私のパパとママが親じゃないだなんて！
This is so unfair! Midori gets everything that I want. And, on top of that, she doesn’t have my mom and dad for parents.
The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.
Since this word is made up of a single kanji, it should use the kun'yomi reading. When learning the kanji, you didn't learn that reading, so here's a mnemonic to help you with this word:
Just imagine your parents saying oh yah (おや) over and over at you. What did you do at school today? I beat up this kid. "Oh yah?"