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JLPT N5 · Noun

父 (chichi)

父 (ちち, chichi) is a Japanese noun meaning “father”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ちち
Romaji
chichi
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. father · noun · humble
  2. father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); founder · noun
  3. God; Father · noun

Example sentences

私の父は大の旅行好きです。
My father is a great traveler.
Tatoeba #162800
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.
Tatoeba #107602
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.
Tatoeba #97798

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 父

父
fatherフ・ちち · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 父.

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

Source: JMdict entry 1497610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.