Kanji 父 — "Father"
Here is what 父 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Father" stick.
Also means: Dad
How it is read
ふ
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
ちち
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
And Father rounds it out — same meaning as its component!
- 父 Father
Your Father is tired from work. His eyebrows droop with exhaustion above his X-shaped mustache.
Words that use 父
12 of 12 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- お父さん おとうさん father
- 父 ちち (my) father
- 父親 ちちおや father
- 親父 おやじ one's father, old man, one's boss
- 伯父さん おじさん (hon.) middle-aged gentleman, uncle
- 小父さん おじさん (hon.) middle-aged gentleman, uncle
- 叔父さん おじさん (hon.) middle-aged gentleman, uncle
- 伯父さん; 叔父さん おじさん uncle, middle-aged man
- 伯父 おじ (humble) uncle (older than one's parent)
- 叔父 おじ uncle (younger than one's parent)
- 祖父 そふ grandfather
- 父母 ふぼ father and mother, parents
Want 父 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
