父
(bound form) father; (bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父[bo2 fu4]); (computing) (bound form) parent-
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Dict coverage rank #913 U+7236
How 父 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A hand 乂 holding an axe 八
How to remember it
father · Heisig RSH #1043
a drop of
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 父 as their sound component
These characters all use 父 (fù) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 父 sound component | fù | father, dad |
| 斧 | fǔ | axe, hatchet; to chop, to hew |
| 釜 | fǔ | cauldron, kettle, pot |
Words containing 父
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一日为师，终身为父 | yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù | (idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelon… |
| 师父领进门，修行在个人 | shī fu lǐng jìn mén , xiū xíng zài gè rén | the master leads you to the door, the rest is up to you; you can lead a horse to water but… |
| 无颜见江东父老 | wú yán jiàn Jiāng dōng fù lǎo | (idiom) to be unable to return to one's hometown due to the shame of failure (originally r… |
| 生父母 | shēng fù mǔ | biological parents; natural parents |
| 有其父必有其子 | yǒu qí fù bì yǒu qí zǐ | like father, like son (idiom) |
| 因父之名 | yīn Fù zhī Míng | in the Name of the Father (in Christian worship) |
| 同母异父 | tóng mǔ yì fù | (of a half-sibling) having the same mother but different father |
| 同父异母 | tóng fù yì mǔ | (of a half-sibling) having the same father but different mother |
| 义父母 | yì fù mǔ | adoptive parents |
| 父权制 | fù quán zhì | patriarchy |
| 父子 | fù zǐ | father and son |
| 人父 | rén fù | father (as a social role) |
| 国父 | guó fù | father or founder of a nation; Father of the Republic (Sun Yat-sen) |
| 造父变星 | zào fù biàn xīng | (astronomy) Cepheid variable star |
| 生父 | shēng fù | biological father |
| 天父 | tiān fù | Heavenly Father |
| 家父 | jiā fù | (polite) my father |
| 子承父业 | zǐ chéng fù yè | (idiom) (of a son) to carry on one's father's business or profession |
| 衣食父母 | yī shí fù mǔ | the people one depends upon for one's livelihood; one's bread and butter |
| 虎父无犬子 | hǔ fù wú quǎn zǐ | lit. father a lion, son cannot be a dog (honorific); With a distinguished father such as y… |