父 — how to write the kanji for “father”
父 (“father”) is a JLPT N5 kanji taught in second grade in Japan. KanjiVG finds it inside 21 other kanji, 校 (“exam”) among them. On its own it is the word chichi, “father; father”. Read fu, it forms 父母 (“father and mother”), 祖父 (“grandfather”) and 義父 (“father-in-law”); the native reading chichi gives 父親 (“father”). Chinese reads it fù, “father”, at HSK 4.
- Strokes
- 4
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 父 (“father”)
- On
- フ
- Kun
- ちち
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- Left-falling stroke ㇒top leftdown and left
- Dot ㇔topdown and right
- Left-falling stroke ㇒centerdown and left
- Right-falling stroke ㇏leftdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 4 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
父 inside other kanji
KanjiVG count: 21 kanji.
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- フ fu
- Kun (native)
- ちち chichi
- Meanings
- father
- Read fu
- 父母 祖父 義父 祖父母 父子 養父
- Read chichi
- 父親
- School year
- second grade
- Newspaper rank
- 646th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 부 bu
- Common words
- 17 in JMdict
Words with 父
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 父親 | ちちおや chichioya | father |
| 父母 | ふぼ fubo | father and mother; parents |
| お父さん | おとうさん otousan | father; dad |
| 祖父 | そふ sofu | grandfather; old man |
| 義父 | ぎふ gifu | father-in-law; foster father |
| 神父 | しんぷ shinpu | Catholic priest; abbe |
| 祖父母 | そふぼ sofubo | grandparents |
| 叔父 | おじ oji | uncle |
| 父子 | ふし fushi | father and child; father and son |
| 養父 | ようふ youfu | foster father; adoptive father |
Most common first (JMdict).
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