Chinese Character Wiki
父

fù

father

Pictograph of a hand holding something. The exact nature of the object is unclear. Variously explained as a rod or a hatchet.

Evolution

父 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
父 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
父 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
父 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
父 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

父  

fù

father; KangXi radical 88

Most common words with 父
Freq.
Word
Meaning

父亲

father

父母

parents

父

father

神父

(spiritual) father

师父

master

Component uses

Meaning component in 4 characters (3 verified)

爺 爷 爸 爹

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

布 斧 釜

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p(r)aʔ

pjuX

fǔ

(respectful suffix in male names)

*[N-p](r)aʔ

bjuX

fù

father


Statistics

HSK level 3

Appears in 69.1655% of movies

330th most common character in movies

589th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+7236

Shuowen

“父，矩也，家長率教者。从又舉杖。”


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