jQuery Passing $(this) to a Function
you can check this link. http://jsfiddle.net/zEXrq/38/ $(“#f”).click(function() { myFunc($(this)); }) function myFunc(thisObj) { thisObj.parent().parent().children().each(function() { alert(“childs”) }); } <div id=”wordlist”> <div id=”a”></div> <div id=”b”> <div id=”e”></div> <div id=”f”>child</div> </div> </div> <script src=”https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js”></script>