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Character Decomposition
父=八+乂
Etymology
A hand 乂 holding an axe 八
Meanings
(bound form) father
(bound form) male relative of father's generation (as in 伯父 bó fù)
(computing) (bound form) parent-
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Words with 父 249 total
father's sister's husband; husband of paternal aunt; uncle姑父gū fupaternal uncle从父cóng fùfather · old man · venerable sir老父lǎo fù(polite) my father家父jiā fùmother's brother · maternal uncle舅父jiù fùbiological father生父shēng fùHoly Father · God the Father (in the Christian Trinity)圣父Shèng fùused for (in Taiwan) · master · qualified worker师父shī fufather's younger brother · uncle叔父shū fùCatholic or Orthodox priest; Father (title of address)神父shén fu
Idioms with 父 33 total Chain
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