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父亲 fùqīn

父亲 fùqīn Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 父亲 fùqīn .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fùqīn | fu4 qin1
English translation
father
also pr. [fù qin]
CL:
>[gè]

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Traditional form

父親

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 父亲 fùqīn

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand holding something. There are various theories about what the object being held is, including a hatchet (now written as ), or a rod.

Positional decomposition

八乂

Number of Strokes

4
qīn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of qīn . Phonosemantic compound. jiàn represents the meaning and Xīn represents the sound. The (wood) component was added later for unknown reasons, possibly to match the character Xīn . The traditional component jiàn was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

一小

Number of Strokes

9

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Example sentences using 父亲 fùqīn

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孩子 háizi 拐走 de bāng rén Cóng 孩子的父亲 fùqīn 身上 shēn shang 勒索 lè suǒ le èr 美元 Měi yuán .

The men who took his son bled the father for $ 20,

父亲 fùqīn Decomposition

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父亲 fùqīn Compounds

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