父 – father

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The kanji 父 means father. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is フ (fu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ちち (chichi). It is written with 4 strokes, under radical 父 (no. 88).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	フ	fu
Kun’yomi	ちち	chichi

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 父 (Kangxi radical 88).

Words using 父

父ちちfatherお父さんおとうさんfather伯父おじさんuncle祖父そふgrandfather父親ちちおやfather伯父おじuncle叔父おじuncle父母ふぼfather and mother伯父さんおじさんuncle小父さんおじさんuncle叔父さんおじさんuncle親父おやじone's father

Example sentences

私の父は大の旅行好きです。

My father is a great traveler.

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彼は現代人類学の父として熱烈な支持を受けている。

He is hailed as the father of modern anthropology.

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彼らはチョーサーを英詩の父と呼んだ。

They referred to Chaucer as the father of English poetry.

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