父
Character
(bound form) father
- Radical
- 父 (itself)
- Strokes
- 4
- Structure
- Top–bottom
- Parts
- 八 乂
- Traditional
- 父
- Frequency
- #381 most common character
Meaning
fù
fu4- (bound form) father CC-CEDICT
- (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父 (bó fù)) CC-CEDICT
- (computing) (bound form) parent- CC-CEDICT
Stroke order
All 4 strokes
Speed
Practice writing 父
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Example sentences
我父亲是老师。
wǒ fù qīn shì lǎo shī
My father is a teacher.
Tatoeba · sentence #10696075 by GlossaMatik; translation #251708 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
他的父母住在北京。
tā de fù mǔ zhù zài běi jīng
His parents live in Beijing.
AI-generated sentence
这是我伯父的房子。
zhè shì wǒ bó fù de fáng zi
This is my uncle's house.
AI-generated sentence
Words with 父
See all 85 →父亲fù qīnfather (a polite way to say dad)WordHSK 3父母fù mǔparents (your father and mother)WordHSK 3父女fù nǚfather and daughter (a dad and his girl child)WordHSK 6父子fù zǐa father and his son (two people together)WordHSK 6父上fù shàng(slang) father; dad (playful honorific, orthographic borrowing from Japanese "chichi-ue")Word父丧fù sāngthe death of one's fatherWord父兄fù xiōngfather and elder brother(s)Word父执fù zhí(literary) father's friends (of the same generation)Word父本fù běn(genetics) male parentWord父爱fù àipaternal loveWord父皇fù huáng(historical) term used by an emperor's son or daughter to address himWord父系fù xìpaternal lineWord