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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fù | fu4
English translation
father
father, dad

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Number of strokes

4

Radical frequency

10

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

A hand  holding an axe 

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

八乂

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.

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确实 quèshí xiǎng 好好 hǎo hǎo 履行 lǚxíng 作为 zuòwéi 教父 jiào fù de 职责 zhí zé .

He really wants to fulfil his role as godfather properly.

家父 jiā fù 那时 nà shí shì 广元 Guǎng yuán xiàn de 知县 zhī xiàn .

Father was the head of Kuanyuan County then, and we lived in the Official Residence.

父母 fù mǔ duì de 前途 qiántú shēn 厚望 hòu wàng .

His parents have great expectations for his future.

不顾 bùgù 父母亲 fù mǔ qīn de 不悦 bù yuè , le 女孩 nǚ hái .

He braved his parents'displeasure by marrying the girl.

发现 fāxiàn 父母 fù mǔ duì de hěn Lěng dàn ,根本 gēnběn 同情 tóngqíng .

She had found her parents coolly unsympathetic and curiously amused.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
父亲 fùqīn father父親
父母 fù mǔ parents父母 fù mǔ
father
神父 shén fu (spiritual) father神父 shén fu
师父 shī fu master師父
父子 fù zǐ father and son父子 fù zǐ
祖父 zǔfù father's father祖父 zǔfù
教父 jiào fù godfather教父 jiào fù
父女 fù nǚ father and daughter父女 fù nǚ
岳父 yuè fù wife's father, father-in-law岳父 yuè fù
继父 jì fù stepfather繼父
父母亲 fù mǔ qīn parents父母親
生父 shēng fù biological father生父 shēng fù
伯父 bó fù father's elder brother伯父 bó fù
父辈 fù bèi people of one's parents' generation父輩
祖父母 zǔ fù mǔ paternal grandparents祖父母 zǔ fù mǔ
家父 jiā fù (polite) my father家父 jiā fù
叔父 shū fù uncle叔父 shū fù
曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù father's father's father曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù
养父 yǎng fù foster father養父
圣父 Shèng Fù Holy Father聖父
父老 fù lǎo elders父老 fù lǎo
义父 yì fù adoptive father義父
外祖父 wài zǔ fù maternal grandfather (i.e. mother's father)外祖父 wài zǔ fù
姑父 gū fu uncle姑父 gū fu

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Compounds

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