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Kanji Detail for 父 - "father, elderly man"

父

  • Meaning

    父 means "father, elderly man." Also associated with elder.

    1. Father - Male parent; dad.

    2. Elder - An older male relative in the family.

    3. Elderly man - A respectful term for older men.

  • Words using 父

    • 父親 ちちおや Listen father
    • 父母 ふぼ Listen father and mother; parents
    • お父さん おとうさん Listen father; dad; papa
    • 祖父 そふ Listen grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
    • 義父 ぎふ Listen father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
    • 神父 しんぷ Listen Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father
    • 祖父母 そふぼ Listen grandparents
    • 叔父 おじ Listen uncle

  • Four-character idioms with 父

    • 父子相伝 ふしそうでん Listen transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son
    • 父祖伝来 ふそでんらい Listen hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation

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    • Verified meaning: father, elderly man
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read ちち)
    • Also carries these associations: elder

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 父

    Surnames 父(ちち)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    father

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    father; Kangxi radical 88

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    father, dad

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    父母 (father and mother). Those who begot me. Male is called 父 (father). Female is called 母 (mother). For those adopted as heir, the adoptive parents are called 父母, and one's birth parents are called 本生父母. | 父老. A title for elderly men. Like saying "elder." | Same as 甫. An honorific for men. As Duke Shang of Qi was called 尚父 (Venerable Father). Confucius was called 尼父 (Father Ni). | A general term for old men. As in 田父 (old farmer), 漁父 (old fisherman).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    fu(フ) フ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    chichi(ちち) ちち

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    父 (chichi)

  • Related Keywords

    father elder elderly man dad male parent patriarch authority guidance protector provider respect lineage parent

Sentences including 父

  • The child is father of the man.

  • She got a pair of shoes from father.

  • My father got home late last night.

  • My father stopped reading to have lunch.

  • I helped my father water the flowers.

  • I supported her even against my father.

  • My father couldn't afford a car , when he was young.

  • Are you going to write to your father?

  • Her father is a policeman.

  • Father can swim , but mother cannot.

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