Chinese symbol for “stepfather”
继父
jì fù
Traditional: 繼父
stepfather
The closest CC-CEDICT match for stepfather is 继父 (jì fù), defined as: stepfather.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “stepfather”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 继父.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 继续 (繼續) | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 继承 (繼承) | jì chéng | to inherit; to succeed to (the throne etc) |
| 相继 (相繼) | xiāng jì | in succession; following closely |
| 继承人 (繼承人) | jì chéng rén | heir; successor |
| 继而 (繼而) | jì ér | then; afterwards |
| 继位 (繼位) | jì wèi | to succeed to the throne |
| 父亲 (父親) | fù qīn | father; also pr. [fu4 qin5] |
| 父母 | fù mǔ | father and mother; parents |
See also: Japanese symbol for “stepfather”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.