Kanji 父: "father"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 父

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 父ちちfather · father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); founder
• 父ちち親おやfather
• お父とうさんfather; dad; papa; pa · husband
• 親おや父じone's father; one's old man; dad; pops · middle-aged (or older) man; old man; geezer
• 伯父おじさんuncle · old man; mister
• 父とうさんfather; dad; papa; pa
• お父とう様さまfather
• 祖そ父ふgrandfather · old man
• 父ちち上うえfather
• 叔父おじuncle
• お祖父じいさんgrandfather · male senior-citizen; old man
• 義ぎ父ふfather-in-law · foster father

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