Traditional: 父

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Translation

father (formal/written)

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Stroke order for 父

Examples

Her father is a doctor.

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My parents have both retired.

He looks just like his father.

He is as tall as his father.

His father died many years ago.

父 (fù) is the formal or written word for father. In speech 爸爸 dominates, but 父 lives on in 父亲 (father) and 父母 (parents) and any composition more formal than a chat.

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Appears in 2 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 父.

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This word is part of lesson 102.