What does the kanji 父 mean?

The kanji 父 (chichi) means "father". It is a JLPT N5 character.

What kanji is "chichi"?

"chichi" is written with the kanji 父, meaning "father". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) ふ (fu), kunyomi (native Japanese) ちち (chichi), とう (tō). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 父?

Write 父 ("father") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 父?

父 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) ふ (fu), kunyomi (native Japanese) ちち (chichi), とう (tō).

父“father” Kanjichichi / fu

JLPT N5

How to write 父

父 (father) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

father

Onyomi (音読み)

ふ fu

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

ちち chichi
とう tō

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 父

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

父ちちは中国ちゅうごくへ行いってしまった。
My father has gone to China.
父 (ちち)
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お父とうさんとキャッチボールをしたよ。
I played catch with my father.
お父さん (おとうさん)
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父とうさん、何なにをしてたの？
What were you doing, Dad?
父さん (とうさん)
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Read 父 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.