父

See also 乂

Translingual

Stroke order

Phonosemantic interpretation

Old Chinese Initial /*p-/ lends semantic value Spread. Oracle bone script style depicts a hand spread over the handle of an ax (compare 兵). Father is a borrowed meaning. Source: Howell & Morimoto

Han character

父 (radical 88 父+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 金大 (CK), four-corner 8040₀)

1. father
2. KangXi radical 88

See also

• 交

References

• KangXi: page 690, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19721
• Dae Jaweon: page 1103, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2039, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7236

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Cantonese

Hanzi

父 (jyutping fu2, fu6, Yale fu2, fu6)

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Hakka

Hanzi

父 (POJ fù, Guangdong fu⁵; fu³ [Bao'an], Hagfa Pinyim fu4)

References

• CCDICT (Chineselanguage.org)
• Academia Sinica - Hakka-English Dictionary
• Lau, Chun-fat. Hakka Pinyin Dictionary (Chinese). Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1997 (Chinese IME supplement) ISBN 962-201-750-9.

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Japanese

Kanji

父 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. father

Readings

• On: ふ (fu)
• Kun: ちち (chichi)

Compounds

Compounds

父母 (ふぼ, fubo): both parents; one's father and mother 教父 (きょうふ, kyōfu): a godfather

代父 (だいふ, daifu): a godfather

Derived terms

Derived terms

父ちゃん (とうちゃん, tōchan): (term of endearment) pop, dad

お父さん (おとうさん, otōsan): father

Antonyms

• 母

Etymology 1

Noun

父 (hiragana ちち, romaji chichi)

1. father
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 20, poem #4402)

     知波夜布留 賀美乃美佐賀尓 奴佐麻都里 伊波布伊能知波 意毛知々我多米

   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 115)

     父爲考、和名知々、日本紀私記云加曾

Etymology 2

From chichi. Eastern dialect.

Noun

父 (hiragana しし, romaji shishi)

1. father
   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 20, poem #4376)

     多妣由岐尓 由久等之良受弖 阿母志々尓 己等麻乎佐受弖 伊麻叙久夜之気

   • c. 759: Man'yōshū (book 20, poem #4378)

     都久比夜波 須具波由気等毛 阿母志々可 多麻乃須我多波 和須例西奈布母

Etymology 3

From chichi.

Noun

父 (hiragana てて, romaji tete)

1. father
   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 649)

     Tete. l, chichi. テテ. まはは, チチ (てて. または, 父) 父親.

Etymology 4

From chichi.

Noun

父 (hiragana とと, romaji toto)

1. a childish term for one's father; daddy
   • 1603–1604: Nippo Jisho (page 670)

     Toto. トト (とと) 父. これは子どもの使う語である.

Etymology 5

/kaso2/: *[kasə] > [kaso].

Noun

父 (hiragana かそ, romaji kaso)

1. father
   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 115)

     父爲考、和名知々、日本紀私記云加曾

Etymology 6

From kaso. Medial -s- voices to /kazo/.

Noun

父 (hiragana かぞ, romaji kazo)

1. father

References

• 1980 June 18 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:
• 1968 June 18 [931-938], Shitagō Minamoto; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

• 2003 [c. 759], Akihiro Satake; Hideo Yamada, Rikio Kudō, Masao Ōtani, Yoshiyuki Yamazaki, Shin Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 4: Man'yōshū 4 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-240004-2:

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Korean

Hanja

父
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 부, 보 (revised: bu, bo, McCune-Reischauer: pu, po, Yale: pu, po)

• Name (hangeul): 아비, 자 (revised: abi, ja, McCune-Reischauer: abi, cha, Yale: api, ca)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

父 (pinyin fù (fu4), Wade-Giles fu⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

父 (*bhiǒ)

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Min Nan

Han character

父 (hú (hu2), hū (hu7), pē (pe7))

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Vietnamese

Han character

父 (phụ)