父

Father

JLPT N5 4 strokes People & Family Radical: 父

Stroke Order

# Description Direction
1
 Left diagonal Upper-left → lower-right
2
 Right diagonal Upper-right → lower-left, crossing stroke 1
3
 Lower-left sweep Centre → down-left
4
 Lower-right sweep Centre → down-right

Stroke Animation

Kun'yomi (Japanese)
ちち
chichi
One's own father (humble/plain form used when talking about your own father)
On'yomi (Chinese-derived)
フ
fu
Used in compound words: 父母 (fubo) — parents; 父兄 (fukei) — guardians
Mandarin Chinese
fù
fù (4th tone — falling)
爸爸 (bàba) is more common in speech; 父 is more formal/written

Example Words

父
ちち (chichi)
My father (plain, referring to own)
お父さん
おとうさん (otōsan)
Father / Dad (polite, used for others' fathers or addressing your own)
父母
ふぼ (fubo)
Parents (father and mother)
父親
ちちおや (chichioya)
Father (more formal term)
祖父
そふ (sofu)
Grandfather (own)
父兄
ふけい (fukei)
Guardians / parents and older siblings