Kanji

父

父

father

Kanji

Grade

Grade 2

Strokes

4 strokes

Radical

父部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

フ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

ちち

Nanori (Name Reading)

ちち, のり

Common Readings

フ, ちち

Example sentences

父 ちち
私 の 父 は 医者 です 。

My father is a doctor.

おる おる
父 は 今 仕事 で おらん

My father is not here now because of work.

お父さん おとうさん
お父さん は 毎日 仕事 に 行きます 。

Father goes to work every day.

お帰り おかえり
お帰り 、 お父さん 。 夕飯 は もう できている よ 。

Welcome back, Dad. Dinner is already ready.

父親 ちちおや
私 の 父親 は 医者 です 。

My father is a doctor.

似る にる
彼 は 父親 に とても よく 似ている 。

He looks very much like his father.

親父 おやじ
うち の 親父 は 、 若い 頃 から 釣り が 趣味 だ 。

My father's hobby has been fishing since he was young.

父さん とうさん
父さん は 毎朝 公園 で ジョギング を しています 。

Dad goes jogging in the park every morning.

お父様 おとうさま
お父様 は お 元気 です か ？

Is your father doing well?

父上 ちちうえ
父上 は 、 戦場 から 無事 に 帰還 されました 。

Father has returned safely from the battlefield.

Example Vocabulary

父

ちち

father

お父さん

おとうさん

father; dad

父親

ちちおや

father

親父

おやじ

one's father; old man; boss

父さん

とうさん

dad; father

お父様

おとうさま

father (honorific)

父上

ちちうえ

honorific for father

祖父

そふ

grandfather

叔父

おじ

uncle

神父

しんぷ

Catholic priest; Father

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