父

Meanings: father, dad, daddy On Readings: フ fu, ホ ho Kun Readings: ちち chichi Most Used Pronunciation: chichi JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 4 Kanji Part: 父 Stroke Number: 4

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Common jukugo
父の日 - ちち　の　ひ chichi no hi - Father's Day
父親 - ちち　おや chichi oya - father
お父さん - お　とう　さん o tou san - father, dad

Useful Examples
Japanese: 母は父にケーキを作っています。
Romaji: haha wa chichi ni ke-ki o tsukutte imasu.
English: Mother is making him a cake.

Look alike kanji

Notes/Mnemonic
It looks like a father tying his tie

Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.