父 — Chinese character
父
fù
father, dad
- Pinyin
- fù
- Radical
- 88 ⽗ (Father)
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- 八 乂
- Formation
- ideographic — A hand 乂 holding an axe 八
- Japanese
- 父 as a kanji
Common words with 父
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 父亲 (父親) | fù qīn | father; also pr. [fu4 qin5] |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
| 师父 (師父) | shī fu | used for 師傅|师傅 (in Taiwan); master |
| 神父 | shén fu | Catholic or Orthodox priest; Father (title of address) |
| 父子 | fù zǐ | father and son |
| 祖父 | zǔ fù | father's father; paternal grandfather |
| 岳父 | yuè fù | wife's father, father-in-law |
| 教父 | jiào fù | godfather |
| 继父 (繼父) | jì fù | stepfather |
| 国父 (國父) | guó fù | father or founder of a nation; Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) |
| 父女 | fù nǚ | father and daughter |
| 伯父 | bó fù | father's elder brother; term of respect for older man |
English words written with 父
父 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 29 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 82 · Zhuangzi 55 · Great Learning 4 · Doctrine of the Mean 9
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 42
- Analects 1.7
- Analects 1.11
- Analects 2.6
- Analects 4.18
- Analects 4.19
- Analects 4.20
- Analects 4.21
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